pricked

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
pricked adj (having small cut)picado/a adj
  punzado adj
  pinchado adj
 When I kissed my daughter's pricked finger, she stopped crying.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
prick [sth/sb] vtr (sharp point: puncture)pinchar vtr
  (comentario cruel)zaherir vtr
  picotear vtr
 The pin pricked Martha's finger.
 El prendedor pinchó el dedo de Martha.
prick [sth] vtr (puncture)pinchar vtr
 Emily took a pin and pricked the balloon, causing it to deflate.
 Emily tomó un alfiler y pinchó el globo, que se desinfló.
prick n (pin, thorn: act of pricking)pinchazo nm
  piquetazo nm
  (MX)piquete nm
 Tabitha felt the prick of thorns as she pushed her way through the undergrowth.
 Tobitha sintió un pinchazo mientras salía de entre las plantas.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
prick n vulgar, offensive, informal (penis) (vulgar)verga, pija nf
  (ES: vulgar)polla nf
  (AmL: vulgar)pinga nf
 Steve often boasts about the size of his prick.
 Steve a menudo fanfarronea sobre el tamaño de su verga.
prick n pejorative, vulgar, offensive, informal (person: insult)imbécil n común
  (AmL: coloquial)pendejo, pendeja nm, nf
  (vulgar)cabrón, cabrona nm, nf
  (AR: vulgar)forro, forra nm, nf
 Neil is always making offensive comments; he's such a prick!
 Neil siempre hace comentarios ofensivos: ¡es un imbécil!
prick n (small puncture mark)marca nf
  agujerito nm
 Robert could see the prick the pin had left in Martha's finger.
 Robert pudo ver la marca que el alfiler había dejado en los dedos de Marta.
prick of [sth] n figurative (emotional pain)punzada de nf + prep
 Paul felt a prick of jealousy when he saw Laura and Mark together.
 Sintió una punzada de celos cuando vio a Laura y a Mark juntos.
prick vi (cause sharp pain)pinchar vi
 Ouch! Those thorns prick!
 ¡Ouch! ¡Esas espinas pinchan!
prick [sth] vtr (make small hole)pinchar vtr
  agujerear vtr
 Prick the base of your pastry case with a fork and then blind bake until golden.
 Pincha la base de la masa con un tenedor y después hornéala hasta que esté dorada.
prick [sb/sth] vtr (cause emotional pain)herir, lastimar vtr
  herir a, lastimar a vtr + prep
  (figurado)dar una punzada loc verb
 The sight of such misery pricked his heart.
 Eddie was pricked by feelings of guilt over the way he had treated his ex-wife.
 Ver tanta miseria hería su corazón.
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Locuciones verbales
prick | pricked
InglésEspañol
prick [sth] out,
prick out [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(transplant seedlings)trasplantar vtr
 As soon as your seedlings are big enough, you need to prick them out.
prick up vi phrasal (ears: react to sound)parar vtr
  levantar vtr
 My ears pricked up when I heard someone mention my name.
prick up vi phrasal (become more erect)pararse v prnl
  levantarse v prnl
 The plants leaves were drooping, but they soon pricked up when Karen watered it.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
prick | pricked
InglésEspañol
cock-tease,
cocktease,
cock-teaser,
prick-teaser,
prick-tease
n
pejorative, offensive!, informal ([sb]: flirts misleadingly) (ES, vulgar)calientapollas nf inv
  (AR, coloquial)calientapavas nf inv
  (AR, vulgar)calientapijas nf inv
  (CO)cosquillera nf
 Annoyed that the woman had rejected his advances, Tom called her a cock-tease.
 Molesto porque la mujer lo había rechazado, Tom la llamó una calientapollas.
pin prick n (tiny hole made by a pin)alfilerazo nm
 Some acne scars look like tiny pin pricks in the skin.
 Esas picaduras de mosquito parecen alfilerazos.
prick the conscience of [sb],
prick [sb]'s conscience
v expr
(make [sb] feel guilty)dar culpa loc verb
  remorder la conciencia loc verb
 Seeing Jane looking so sad pricked Henry's conscience, as he knew he had treated her badly.
prick up your ears v expr (react to sound, raise ears)parar el oído loc verb
  parar la oreja loc verb
 The dog pricked up his ears when he heard Nancy's voice.
 El perro paró el oído cuando escuchó la voz de Nancy.
prick up your ears v expr figurative (become attentive) (coloquial)parar el oído loc verb
  (coloquial)parar la oreja loc verb
 Thelma pricked up her ears when she heard her name mentioned by someone on the other side of the room.
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