picotazo
Spanish, noun/pikoˈtaθo/
picotazo is spelled P-I-C-O-T-A-Z-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picotazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “peck (with a beak)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de picotear”.
What does picotazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepeck (with a beak)
- 2
masculinesting
- 3
masculinebite by an animal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de picotear. 2. Herida causada por una estocada con un arma blanca.
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 picotazo
- picotazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picotazo?
- /pikoˈtaθo/
- [pi.koˈt̪a.θo]
- /pikoˈtaso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is picotazo in Spanish?
picotazo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).