pica
Spanish, noun
pica is spelled P-I-C-A (4 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pica is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pike, lance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of picar. With an accent, picá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of picar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lanza de 3 o más metros, compuesta de un asta con un hierro pequeño y agudo en el extremo superior”.
What does pica mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepike, lance
- 2
femininepick (digging tool)
- 3
femininespade (a playing card of the suit spades, picas)
noun
- 1
femininepica (a disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances)
- 2
femininepika (lagomorphic animal)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of picar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lanza de 3 o más metros, compuesta de un asta con un hierro pequeño y agudo en el extremo superior. 2. Soldado armado con la pica. 3. Garrocha del picador de toros. 4. Escoda con puntas piramidales en los cortes, que usan los canteros para labrar piedra no muy dura.
noun: 1. Trastorno que consiste en la necesidad compulsiva de ingerir objetos o sustancias no considerados alimento.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pica
- picas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pica in Spanish?
pica appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).