acicate

== Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Arabic السِّقَاط (as-siqāṭ). ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== acicate m (plural acicates) spur (implement for prodding a horse) Synonym: espora (figuratively) incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates) Synonym: incentivo ===== Derived terms ===== acicatar ==== Further reading ==== “acicate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== acicate inflection of acicatar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative ==== Further reading ==== “acicate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السِّقَاط (as-siqáṭ). Compare Portuguese acicate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aθiˈkate/ [a.θiˈka.t̪e] (Spain) IPA(key): /asiˈkate/ [a.siˈka.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: a‧ci‧ca‧te === Noun === acicate m (plural acicates) spur (implement for prodding a horse) Synonym: espuela (figuratively) incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates) Synonym: incentivo ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “acicate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025