picaflor
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of pica (“to bite”) + flor (“flower”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpikaˈfloɾ/ [ˌpi.kaˈfloɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: pi‧ca‧flor
Noun
picaflor m (plural picaflores)
- hummingbird
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:colibrí
- (colloquial) womanizer, flirt
Derived terms
Further reading
- “picaflor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024