picudo

English translation: cotton boll weevil

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Spanish term or phrase:	picudo
English translation:	cotton boll weevil
Entered by:	Lavinia Pirlog

23:19 Jan 10, 2003

Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: picudo

insecto muy dañino que destruye la planta del algodón

Gracias,

Tweety

Lavinia Pirlog KudoZ activity Questions: 3671 (10 open) (1 without valid answers) (33 closed without grading) Answers: 296 Romania
Local time: 16:39

Cotton boll weevil

Explanation:
Anthonomus grandis. PICUDO DEL ALGODON (Cotton boll weevil). Anthonomus grandis
Tamaño del original: 32893 bytes, anthonomus-grandis01red.jpg (5132 bytes). ...
www.viarural.com.ar/viarural.com.ar/ agricultura/insectos/picudo.htm -

Selected response from:

Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 08:39

Grading comment

Muchas gracias a todos!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

Cotton boll weevil

Susana Galilea

weevil, grub

Oso (X)

4 +1

boll weevil

Peter Bagney

3 -1

sharpie, conman, or pointy....

Artebuz (X)

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

3 mins confidence:

weevil, grub

Explanation:
Hola pajarito,
Esta es la opción que da mi diccionario Simon & Schuster's.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2003-01-10 23:25:49 (GMT)
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En esta webbie puedes ver varios tipos de insectos que causan daño a la planta del algodón, entre ellos el \"weevil\".

http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/AG271/cotton/cotton.html

Espero que te sirva.
Oso ¶:^)

Oso (X)
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 3064

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

boll weevil

Explanation:
is the bane of the cotton plant

Peter Bagney
Spain
Local time: 15:39
PRO pts in pair: 1017

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Cotton boll weevil

Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 08:39
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 1475

Grading comment

Muchas gracias a todos!

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

sharpie, conman, or pointy....

Explanation:
The fact of the matter is that it depends on the context A LOT. Although the folks that have answered "bowl weevel" etc. are right, in slang, a picudo is a hothead, a sharpie, a conman, and many other conetations, as in "ese vato es un picudo". In common parlance, it is also used as an adjetive for something with a sharp point, i.e. "¡Que gallo tan picudo!" I guess the context and the target audience/language/country would be important.

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Note added at 2003-01-11 00:59:18 (GMT)
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BTW, this is not an answer but a sort of cultural digression if you will.-Artebuz

Artebuz (X)
Local time: 07:39
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

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