picado

Pronunciations

picado (pee-KAH-doo) listen

Definitions

  • interj. What a shame.

  • n. A shame.

Example Sentences

  • "It's a picado, I made this beautiful meal and you didn't eat at all."

Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • picado

    • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and
      • post-expulsion
      • in Turkey
      • Greece
      • and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      picadu, pikado, pikadu

Notes


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