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/pɪk/Translation
v [t]
→ to pick at sth→ to pick on sb→ to pick sth/sb out [m]→ to pick up→ to pick sth up [m]→ to pick sth/sb up [m]Véase tb: to have a bone to pick with sb; to pick up the phone; to pick up the tab›
⇨ escoger
⇨ elegir
We picked you to be our class representative Te elegimos para ser el delegado de la clase
■ constr. to pick sb + to do sth›
⇨ coger
We picked flowers in the woods Cogimos flores en el bosque
⇨ recoger
to pick grapes recoger uvas
to pick an {argument/fight}
⇨ buscar pelea
to pick holes in sth
⇨ sacar defectos a algo
to pick one's nose
⇨ hurgarse la nariz
to pick sb's pocket
⇨ robar algo del bolsillo de alguien
(Definition of pick v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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