picarse

picarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (muela) to decay, go bad

■ se me ha picado una muela one of my teeth has gone bad

2 (fruta) to begin to rot

3 (tela) to be moth-eaten

4 (mar) to get choppy

5 (vino) to go vinegary, go sour, go off

6 (metal) to pit

7 (ofenderse) to take offence

8 familiar (picar el orgullo) to get annoyed

9 argot (pincharse droga) to shoot up

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VPR

1) (=corroerse) [diente, muela] to rot, decay; [hierro, metal] to rust; [goma, neumático] to perish; [cable] to corrode; [ropa] to get moth-eaten

se ha picado la chapa del coche — the bodywork has rusted

2) (Culin) [fruta] to go rotten; [vino] to go sour, turn sour

3) *

a) (=enfadarse) to get into a huff *

¿no te habrás picado por lo que te he dicho? — you're not in a huff about what I said, are you?

- el que se pica ajos come

b) (=sentirse provocado)

se picó y pisó el acelerador — he rose to the challenge and stepped on the accelerator

picarse con algn — to compete with sb

siempre se están picando a ver quién es el primero — they're always competing to be the first

c) (=aficionarse)

picarse con algo — to get hooked on sth *

se ha picado con los videojuegos — he's got into video games in a big way *, he's got hooked on video games *

4) [mar] to get choppy

5) Caribe

picarse de pecho — to become consumptive

6) ** (=inyectarse droga) to shoot up *

ese tío se pica — that guy shoots up *

picarse heroína — to shoot heroin *

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= peeve.

Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.

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= peeve.

Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.

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■picarse verbo reflexivo
1 (fruta) to rot
2 (vino) to go sour
3 (dientes) to decay
4 (el mar) to become choppy
5 fam (enfadarse) to get annoyed
6 (rivalizar) to be at loggerheads
7 argot (drogadicto) to shoot up
'picarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
picar
English:
decay
- sour

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vpr

1. [echarse a perder] [vino] to turn sour;

[fruta, muela, caucho, cuero] to rot;

la manta se ha picado the blanket is all moth-eaten

2. [oxidarse] to go rusty

3. [embravecerse] [mar] to get choppy

4. Fam [enfadarse] to get in a huff;

se picó y ganó la carrera he got nettled and went on to win the race;

Prov

el que se pica, ajos come if the cap fits, wear it

5. Fam [inyectarse droga] to shoot up

6. RP Fam

picárselas [largarse] to take off;

si nos parece aburrido, nos las picamos if we find it boring, we can always just take off

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picarse

v/r

1 (agujerearse) rust

2 (cariarse) decay

3 fam (molestarse) get mad fam

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vr

1) : to get a cavity, to decay

2) : to get annoyed, to take offense

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picarse vb

1. (dientes) to go bad / to decay

se le picaron las muelas his teeth went bad

2. (enfadarse) to get annoyed

se picó muchísimo he got very annoyed