beliscar

• belizcar, biliscar, bilizcar, peliscar, piniscar

From Latin *vellicicare, from vellicare (“to pinch”). Compare Portuguese beliscar and Spanish pellizcar.

• IPA^(key): /belisˈkaɾ/

beliscar (first-person singular present belisco, first-person singular preterite belisquei, past participle beliscado)

1. to pinch
2. to nip, nibble

• “beliscar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beliscar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “beliscar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “beliscar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Vulgar Latin *vellicicāre, from vellicāre, most likely ultimately from vellus, the wool shorn from a sheep, fleece, or pelt.

beliscar (first-person singular present belisco, first-person singular preterite belisquei, past participle beliscado)

1. (transitive) to pinch (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
   • 1875, Eça de Queirós, “X”, in O Crime do Padre Amaro, page 236:

     Então, para o enraivecer, começou a cochichar ternamente com o escrevente; roçava-se lhe pelo ombro, rendida, com risinhos, segredinhos; tentaram, em alarido jovial, tocar uma peça a quatro mãos; depois ela beliscou-o, ele deu um gritinho exagerado.

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2. (transitive) to nip, to nibble

• beliscão
• beliscada
• belisco