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pique

pique(
pik
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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
transitive verb
a. despertar
The strange case piqued the author's interest.El extraño caso despertó el interés del autor.
b. picar
The little girl in the picture piqued Helen's curiosity.La niñita que aparecía en la foto picó la curiosidad de Helen.
a. ofender
His indifference really piqued me.Su indiferencia me ofendió mucho.
b. herir
Sarah's comment about me piqued my feelings.El comentario que Sarah hizo de mí hirió mis sentimientos.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el resentimiento
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Nothing could quell his pique.Nada podía calmar su resentimiento.
b. el despecho
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
She confessed to murdering her husband in a pique after finding out about the other woman.Confesó haber asesinado a su marido por despecho, al enterarse de que había otra mujer.
c. la rabia
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
When she got the news, she flung her glass against the wall in a fit of pique.Al recibir la noticia, aventó la copa contra la pared en un ataque de rabia.
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