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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /piˈkaɾ/
"O mosquito pode picar você à noite."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To make a small puncture or hole in something with a sharp point.
"She used a needle to prick the surface of the balloon."
- 1
An annoying, unpleasant, or contemptible person (vulgar slang).
"He acted like a complete prick during the meeting."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'pricken', from Old English 'prician' (to puncture or prick), of West Germanic origin. Historically related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch 'prikken', evolving from a physical action of piercing to a metaphorical term for an annoying person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Prick" is said worldwide
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piquer
Transliteration: /pi.ke/
"Il faut piquer le tissu avec une aiguille."
stechen
Transliteration: /ˈʃtɛçn̩/
"Eine Biene kann dich stechen."
pungere
Transliteration: /ˈpun.dʒe.re/
"Fai attenzione a non pungerti con le spine."
pinchar
Transliteration: /pinˈtʃaɾ/
"Tengo cuidado de no pincharme con el cactus."
picar
Transliteration: /piˈkaɾ/
"O mosquito pode picar você à noite."
चुभाना
Transliteration: chubhāna
"सुई को ध्यान से चुभाएं।"
刺
Transliteration: cì
"用针刺破这个气球。"
찌르다
Transliteration: jjireuda
"바늘로 손가락을 찌르지 않도록 조심하세요."
刺す
Transliteration: sasu
"蜂に刺されないように気をつけてください。"
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