peck in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for peck in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.peck¹ [Am pɛk, Brit pɛk] VB trans

peck

picotear

peck

picar

the bird pecked my hand or pecked me on the hand

el pájaro me picoteó or me picó or me dio un picotazo en la mano

II.peck¹ [Am pɛk, Brit pɛk] VB intr

peck

picar

peck

picotear

to peck at sth bird:

picar algo

to peck at sth bird:

picotear algo

to peck at sth (nibble)

picotear algo

to peck at sth (nibble)

picar algo

eat properly, don't peck!

¡come bien, no picotees!

she had barely pecked at her food

apenas había tocado la comida

III.peck¹ [Am pɛk, Brit pɛk] N

1. peck (of bird):

peck

picotazo m

2. peck (kiss):

peck

beso m

she gave me a peck on the cheek

me dio un beso or me besó en la mejilla

peck² [Am pɛk, Brit pɛk] N (measure)

peck

picotín m

a peck of trouble Am

un buen lío

Translations for peck in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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picotada

peck

picotazo

peck

picotear

to peck

pico

peck

picar comida

to peck at

picar enemigo

to peck

peck in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for peck in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.peck [pek] N

1. peck of bird:

peck

picotazo m

2. peck (quick kiss):

peck

besito m

II.peck [pek] VB trans

1. peck bird:

peck

picar

peck

picotear

2. peck (kiss quickly):

peck

dar un besito

III.peck [pek] VB intr

1. peck:

peck

picar

eat properly, don't peck!

¡come bien, no picotees!

2. peck (nag):

to peck at sb

fastidiar a alguien

peck VB

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to peck at sth (to eat sth listlessly) inf

picotear algo con desgana

Translations for peck in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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picotada (de ave)

peck

pegar una picotada (ave)

to peck

arrancar a picotadas

to peck off

picotear

to peck

picotear

to peck

picar

to peck

peck Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

eat properly, don't peck!

¡come bien, no picotees!

to peck at sb

fastidiar a alguien

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

When a bird flies over a block, it occasionally will peck it to smithereens.

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So, whenever the bird is hungry, it will peck the button to receive food.

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In effect, pecking behavior becomes reinforced, as it is associated with food.

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Peck followed the police officers to the station and arranged bail.

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Peck (2000) manages to read this as unambiguous praise.

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He went to fight it, and with the raven's aid in pecking the giant's eyes during the fight, he succeeded.

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Peck released her fourth single in early 2007.

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They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go.

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Pigeons respond to a stimulus shown before the presentation of food by thereafter pecking future examples of the stimulus.

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He destroyed skyscrapers with just a few pecks.

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