picaflor
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of pica (“to bite”) + flor (“flower”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]picaflor m (plural picaflores)
- hummingbird
- Synonyms: avíape, besaflor, (Mexico) chuparrosa, colibrí, (Ecuador, Peru) quinde, (Panama) visitaflor
- (colloquial) womanizer, flirt
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “picaflor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014