picar
/piˈkaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to chop
🦟 picar = pick at it: a mosquito bite makes you pick, sting, and chop at the spot
Sounds like English pick. A pick pokes, stings, and chops small bits, which matches picar: to sting, to itch (a bite makes you pick at skin), and to chop food into small pieces. Think of the pic- sound as pick, poke, pinch.