# picada
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [piˈka.ðə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [piˈka.ða]

### Etymology 1

From picar +‎ -ada.

#### Noun

picada f (plural picades)
* sting (a bump left on the skin after being stung)
    Synonym: fiblada
* sting (a bite by an insect)
* peck (an act of striking with a beak)
* a portion of coarsely ground or chopped food

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

picada f sg
* feminine singular of picat

### Further reading

* “picada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From picar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [piˈkaðɐ]

### Participle

picada
* feminine singular of picado

### Adjective

picada
* feminine singular of picado

### Noun

picada f (plural picadas)
* sting, bite
    Synonym: picadela
* blow
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 476:mando que, qualquer rrey ou duc ou conde ou caualeyro a que eu fije cousa desaguisada, que logo, sen tardar, se leuãte et me ueña dar hũa picada ẽno narizI command that any king or duke or count or knight, to whom I did wrong things, at the moment, without delay, to get up and come to give me a blow to the nose
* (of a bell) peal, toll

#### Related terms

* picadela
* picar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “picada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “picada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “picada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “picada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “picada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From picar +‎ -ada.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈka.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈka.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /piˈka.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /piˈka.dɐ/ [piˈka.ðɐ]
* Rhymes: -adɐ
* Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧da

### Adjective

picada f sg
* feminine singular of picado

### Noun

picada f (plural picadas)
* the act of stinging
    Synonyms: ferroada, pontada
* bite (skin swelling caused by an insect sting)

#### Derived terms

* fim da picada

### Participle

picada f sg
* feminine singular of picado

### Further reading

* “picada”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “picada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈkada/ [piˈka.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: pi‧ca‧da

### Noun

picada f (plural picadas)
* peck (an act of striking with a beak)
* bite (of an insect)
    Synonym: picadura
* appetizer (small portion of food)
    Synonyms: tapa, aperitivo
* (Rioplatense, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, rustic in Cuba) mountain path or track
** 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:Este grupo acampaba en un prado fresco y pastoso, casi encima del cauce del Negro, cuya comunicación con el exterior sólo podía establecerse por medio de la picada larga, tortuosa y estrecha(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Cono Sur) A short street race.

#### Derived terms

* en picada

#### Descendants

* → Belizean Creole: pikaado

### Adjective

picada f sg
* feminine singular of picado

### Participle

picada f sg
* feminine singular of picado

### Further reading

* “picada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10