picar
Portuguese, verb/piˈka(ʁ)/
picar is spelled P-I-C-A-R (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sting (pierce with a small, sharp point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar picadas em”.
What does picar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sting (pierce with a small, sharp point)
- 2
to punch (to make holes)
picar o bilhete
- 3
to mince; to shred (chop into small pieces)
picar a carne
- 4
informalto provoke
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar picadas em 2. dar bicadas a ave 3. causar comichão a 4. trabalhar com picão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of picar
- pico first-person present singular
- piquei first-person preterite singular
- picado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- picares infinitive second-person singular
- picarmos first-person infinitive plural
- picardes infinitive plural second-person
- picarem infinitive plural third-person
- picando gerund
- picados masculine participle past
- picada feminine participle past
- picadas feminine participle past
- picas indicative present second-person
- pica indicative present singular
- picamos first-person indicative plural
- picais indicative plural present
- picam indicative plural present
- picava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picar?
- Brazil /piˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [piˈka(h)]
- /piˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to picar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picar in Portuguese?
picar appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).