picarverb
Picar means to sting, to bite, to prick or to chop in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as pica, picamos and pican.
- to sting
- to bite
- to prick
- to chop
Pela y pica las cebollas.
Peel and dice the onions.
¡Auch! ¡Me picó una abeja!
Ouch!! I've been stung by a bee!!
Un mosquito me acaba de picar.
A mosquito just bit me.
Siempre llora cuando pica cebolla.
She always cries when she chops onions.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| pica | he, she, it | Present |
| picamos | we | Present or preterite |
| pican | they | Present |
| picado | masculine singular | Past participle |
| picando | Gerund | |
| picó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| pique | I | Present subjunctive |
| picaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| piquen | they | Present subjunctive |
| picaron | they | Preterite |
| picaban | they | Imperfect |