Picar?
Are there two different words for "itch" and "sting" in Spanish? I hear picar used for both. How can one determine the difference? Thanks in advance.
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Picar perse is before the sting
El mosquito te va a picar
Itch is pica
Me pica el brazo
Picar also in my spanish is when you eat appetizers
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Yes, picar means also bite (when a bug does it).
The meanings of picar from the top of my head:
-Sting -> Me picó un mosquito.
-Itch -> Me pica el brazo (as in, it's itching).
-Take the bait -> Ha picado un pez / Has picado (referring to a prank)
-Annoy, provoke -> This is like... someone will get easily involved in a competition, soy you do that to them -> Me has picado, ahora quiero ganar.
-Get annoyed -> Siempre se pica por tonterías.
There's a lot of meanings, haha... The only thing you can do to tell them apart is context, I think. An arm won't sting anyone, right?
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Tengo comezón. / Me da comezón.
These mean to be itchy.
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If we talk about verbs it could be both right. But usually we said in spanish itch, means the feeling. 'I feel itchy'' and sting it would be like i have a sting(bite) on my leg. It means too, the sting of the insect.
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