piquete
piquete
∗piquete
masculine noun
1peg, stake (herramienta)
2(grupo)
- piquete de ejecución -> firing squad
- piquete (de huelga) -> picket
3prick (informal) (picadura, pinchazo) (de aguja) (Mexican Spanish); sting (de insecto); stabbing pain (dolor)
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piquete [pe-kay’-tay]
noun
1Sore or wound of little importance. (m)
2Small hole made in clothes with a pinking iron (agujero). (m)
3A pointed stake shod with iron. (m)
4Picket or piquet, a small detachment of soldiers. (m)
5Picket (de huelguistas). (m)
6(Cono Sur) Yard, small corral. (m)
7Street band. (Caribbean) (m)
- Piquete avanzado -> picket-guard
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