sting
picada
definition
verb
he was stung by a jellyfish
wound or pierce with a sting.
her eyes stung
feel or cause to feel a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation.
noun
The poor fellow has neither the tusks of the elephant, nor the claws of the lion, nor even the horns or pointed teeth or stings and poison glands.
a small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.
five blackmailers were jailed last week after they were snared in a police sting
a carefully planned operation, typically one involving deception.
translation of 'sting'
verb
doer,
causar dor aguda,
ferroar,
picar,
pungir,
aguilhoar,
picar com ferrão,
arder
noun
ferrão,
dor aguda,
ferroadela,
picada,
pêlo urticante,
picadela com ferrão,
ferroada
example
These flies do not bite or 'sting' humans, and are considered beneficial, as they are predacious on aphids and other insects.
They do have a 'sting' in their tail - one venomous spike - but this is only used when under attack.
For the first time in almost three years I felt the 'sting' of tears in the corners of my eyelids.
He used the dampened cotton to dab at her wounds; giving a slight 'sting' each time it touched her skin for how long he held it there.
A shot fired from less than 5 metres can hurt, like a sharp 'sting' , and on occasion even leave a small bruise, but this all adds to the reality.
she smiled to take the 'sting' out of her words
Pets such as dogs and cats may bite if mis-handled or frightened, and wild animals such as snakes and jellyfish might bite or 'sting' if disturbed.
They were arrested by FBI agents in an undercover 'sting' known as Operation Smoking Dragon.
A centipede bite is comparable to a wasp 'sting' in its severity.
He'd been whacked around a lot as a kid, he says, so any punishment absent the 'sting' of physical pain didn't feel like punishment.
The 12 men were arrested on Wednesday in a 'sting' operation as police and army officials sought to crack down on illegal quarrying.
In 1996, Kentucky was smarting from the 'sting' of its regional final collapse against North Carolina the previous season.
she felt the sharp 'sting' of tears behind her eyelids
Officers planned a 'sting' operation and handed a marked 500 baht note to pay off one of the men.
It was the FBI doing a 'sting' on a State Police officer.
She found the poison 'sting' still in his body and from the odour, she knew that he had come to the child in the form of a scorpion.
In the old days a method of easing the 'sting' of sunburn was to make a potato poultice which would give rapid relief.
It had a man's face with 3 rows of extremely sharp teeth in each jaw, a lion's body and a long tail with a 'sting' like a scorpion's.
When a £3m deal was struck, the buyer turned out to be an undercover police officer and gang members were arrested in a 'sting' operation at Antwerp airport.
As one whizzed just past my face, I felt a sharp 'sting' of pain on my right cheek.
I felt the 'sting' of the cold, bitter air
Earlier this week 11 ticket vendors were detained by Pattaya police in a 'sting' operation.
With the 'sting' of the gas still in his eyes he had headed off with hundreds of other youths to join the growing crowds in Namak Mandi - the salt bazaar - in the centre of the city.
a nettle-like plant with no 'sting'
He crushed the tracking device in his hand, ignoring the 'sting' of sharp metal on his palm.
She would use the nettle to discreetly 'sting' herself when arthritis stiffened her fingers.
Her open wounds seemed to 'sting' with every move and even if the lightest fabric touched her bruises, she was forced to yelp in pain.
The anti-drugs campaign committee will be managing the proceeds and will use some of the money for 'sting' operations to help police break up drug rings.
Here he removes the 'sting' of onions and brightens them up by marinating them in lemon juice.
But they demanded an immediate stop to controversial 'sting' operations where undercover police pose as customers.
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