Caló

Alternative forms

• pinchardar

Verb

pinchar

1. to recognize, to know (someone)

Spanish

Etymology

Most likely from a crossing of punchar (itself a variant of punzar, from Vulgar Latin *punctiāre, from Latin punctus), and picar.

Verb

pinchar ‎(first-person singular present pincho, first-person singular preterite pinché, past participle pinchado)

1. to puncture, prick, pierce
2. (animals, needle) to sting
3. (computation) to click
4. (colloquial) to flirt
5. (colloquial) to get flirted
6. (telephony) to call up by telephone and suspend before a conversation is initiated in order to make receiver call back
7. (telephone, colloquial) putting some tool for hearing in secret private conversation by phone; eavesdropping
8. (colloquial) to ****
9. (colloquial) to wind up, pester

Conjugation

Related terms

• pinchazo
• pinche
• pincho