piquiña

Spanish

Etymology

From picar (“to itch”) +‎ -iña.

Noun

piquiña f (plural piquiñas)

1. (colloquial, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) itching

   Synonym: picazón

Further reading

• “piquiña”, 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