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repicar

Spanish, verb/repiˈkaɾ/

repicar is a Spanish verb meaning “to chop up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Picar mucho una cosa; reducirla a partes muy menudas”.

What does repicar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to chop up

  2. 2

    to peal; to ring

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Picar mucho una cosa; reducirla a partes muy menudas. 2. Tañer o sonar repetidamente y con cierto compás las campanas en señal de fiesta o regocijo. Dícese además de otros instrumentos. 3. Volver a picar o punzar. 4. En el juego de los cientos, contar un jugador noventa puntos antes que cuente uno el contrario.

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 repicar

  • repico first-person present singular
  • repiqué first-person preterite singular
  • repicado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • repicando gerund
  • repicada feminine participle past
  • repicados masculine participle past
  • repicadas feminine participle past
  • repicas indicative informal present
  • repicás indicative informal present
  • repica indicative present singular
  • repicamos first-person indicative plural
  • repicáis indicative plural present
  • repican indicative plural present
  • repicaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • repicabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • repicábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • repicabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce repicar?

  • /repiˈkaɾ/
  • [re.piˈkaɾ]
  • [repiˈkaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to repicar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is repicar in Spanish?

repicar appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).