pico

See also: Pico, piĉo, picó, pičo, and pico-

English

Noun

pico (uncountable)

1. Ellipsis of pico de gallo.

See also

• pico projector
• pico-

Anagrams

• COIP, ICOP, IOPC, copi

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpi.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpi.ko]

Verb

pico

1. first-person singular present indicative of picar

Esperanto

pico

Etymology

From Italian pizza, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpit͡so]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -it͡so
• Hyphenation: pi‧co

Noun

pico (accusative singular picon, plural picoj, accusative plural picojn)

1. pizza

Derived terms

• picejo (“pizzeria”)

Galician

Pico Sacro ("Holy Peak"), a mountain in Galicia

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pico, from Vulgar Latin *piccus, ultimately either of Germanic origin or from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“beak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiko/ [ˈpi.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: pi‧co

Noun

pico m (plural picos)

1. peak; summit; top (the highest point of a mountain)

   Synonyms: cume, curuto

2. (by extension) a hill or mountain that ends in a peak

   Synonyms: coto, outeiro

3. sharp tip of anything
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 30:

     Et colleu ella de aquelas mellores et mays nobles et virtuosas eruas hũa partida cõ suas rrayzes, arrãcãdoas cõ hũ pico de hũa fouçe.

     And she gathered from the best, more noble and virtuous herbs, a quantity, together with its roots, uprooting them with the help of the tip of a sickle

   Synonyms: bico, punta

4. thorn

   Synonym: espiña

5. pickaxe
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 873:

     Et escaleyras nõ tĩjnã y nẽ picos

     They didn't had there ladders or pickaxes

   Synonym: picaraña

Derived terms

• picaraña
• picato
• Picato
• Pico
• Picón
• Picoto
• Picoucelo
• Picouso
• picouto
• Picouzo

 

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

pico

1. first-person singular present indicative of picar

Latin

Etymology

From pix (“pitch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.koː/, [ˈpɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ko/, [ˈpiːko]

Verb

picō (present infinitive picāre, perfect active picāvī, supine picātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to smear with pitch, to tar
2. (transitive) to season (wine) with a pitchy flavour

Conjugation

   Conjugation of picō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	picō	picās	picat	picāmus	picātis	picant
	imperfect	picābam	picābās	picābat	picābāmus	picābātis	picābant
	future	picābō	picābis	picābit	picābimus	picābitis	picābunt
	perfect	picāvī	picāvistī	picāvit	picāvimus	picāvistis	picāvērunt, picāvēre
	pluperfect	picāveram	picāverās	picāverat	picāverāmus	picāverātis	picāverant
	future perfect	picāverō	picāveris	picāverit	picāverimus	picāveritis	picāverint
passive	present	picor	picāris, picāre	picātur	picāmur	picāminī	picantur
	imperfect	picābar	picābāris, picābāre	picābātur	picābāmur	picābāminī	picābantur
	future	picābor	picāberis, picābere	picābitur	picābimur	picābiminī	picābuntur
	perfect	picātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	picātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	picātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	picem	picēs	picet	picēmus	picētis	picent
imperfect	picārem	picārēs	picāret	picārēmus	picārētis	picārent
perfect	picāverim	picāverīs	picāverit	picāverīmus	picāverītis	picāverint
pluperfect	picāvissem	picāvissēs	picāvisset	picāvissēmus	picāvissētis	picāvissent
passive	present	picer	picēris, picēre	picētur	picēmur	picēminī	picentur
imperfect	picārer	picārēris, picārēre	picārētur	picārēmur	picārēminī	picārentur
perfect	picātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	picātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	picā	—	—	picāte	—
	future	—	picātō	picātō	—	picātōte	picantō
passive	present	—	picāre	—	—	picāminī	—
	future	—	picātor	picātor	—	—	picantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		picāre	picāvisse	picātūrum esse	picārī	picātum esse	picātum īrī
participles		picāns	—	picātūrus	—	picātus	picandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		picandī	picandō	picandum	picandō	picātum	picātū

Descendants

• Catalan: pegar, ⇒ empegar
• Galician: pegar
• Occitan: pegar, ⇒ empegar
  • → French: péguer, empéguer
• Portuguese: pegar
• ⇒ Sicilian: mpicari
• Spanish: pegar, ⇒ empegar

Noun

pīcō

1. dative/ablative singular of pīcus

References

• “pico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pico in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.t͡sɔ/
• Rhymes: -it͡sɔ
• Syllabification: pi‧co

Noun

pico f

1. vocative singular of pica

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ku/

• Homophone: Pico
• Hyphenation: pi‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from picar.

Noun

pico m (plural picos)

1. peak, summit, top (the highest point of a mountain)

   Escalaram até o pico. ― They climbed to the top.

   Synonyms: topo, cume, cimo

2. (by extension) a high mountain that ends in a peak

   O Pico da Neblina é a montanha mais alta do Brasil. ― Pico da Neblina is the highest mountain in Brazil.

3. (figuratively) top, apogee, acme (the greatest, highest, most successful or most developed point of anything)

   Synonyms: auge, apogeu, topo, cimo

4. sharp tip of anything

   Synonym: bico

   1. thorn

      Synonyms: espinho, acúleo

5. tart or acid flavour

   Synonym: pique

6. zest, enthusiasm, excitement

   Synonyms: pique, entusiasmo

7. instrument for cutting stone

   Synonym: picão

8. picul (Chinese outdated unit of measurement of weight, roughly equivalent to 60.47 kilograms or 110.2 lb)

   Synonym: picul

9. (informal, more commonly in plural) each bubble in a carbonated beverage
10. (Brazil, informal) hullabaloo; turmoil; tumult; commotion; riot

    Synonyms: tumulto, fuzuê

11. (Brazil, informal) injected dosage
12. (Portugal, derogatory) homosexual man

    Synonym: picolho

Derived terms

• e pico (“and a bit more”)
• horário de pico (“rush hour”)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

pico

1. first-person singular present indicative of picar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pico

1. vocative singular of pica

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiko/ [ˈpi.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iko
• Syllabification: pi‧co

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos. It was phonetically influenced by the verb picar (“to peck”). Compare English beak.

Noun

pico m (plural picos)

1. beak (of a bird)
2. sharp point
3. pick, pickaxe
4. peak, summit (of a mountain)

   Synonyms: cima, cumbre, cúspide

5. spout

   Synonym: (Spain) pitorro

6. a bit, a little

   El vuelo dura tres horas y pico.

   The flight lasts a little over three hours.

7. (zoology) crest
8. (vulgar, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

9. (colloquial, Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina) kiss
10. (colloquial) trap; gob (mouth)

    ¡Cierra el pico!

    Shut your trap!

Derived terms

• a pico de jarro
• abrir el pico
• andar de picos pardos
• cerrar el pico
• cortado a pico
• cortapicos y callares
• costar un pico
• echarse al pico
• falso pico
• ir de picos pardos
• irse de picos pardos
• jarabe de pico
• pico a viento
• pico de cigüeña
• pico de frasco
• pico de gallo
• pico de loro
• pico de oro
• pico de viuda
• pico dorsiblanco
• pico mediano
• pico menor
• pico picapinos
• picotazo
• picotear
• piquirrojo
• sombrero de tres picos
• y pico

 

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tlölpico
• → Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: píko

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pico

1. first-person singular present indicative of picar

Further reading

• “pico”, 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