velicar

== Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vellicāre (“to pluck, twitch, pinch, or nip”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beliˈkaɾ/ [be.liˈkaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ve‧li‧car === Verb === velicar (first-person singular present velico, first-person singular preterite veliqué, past participle velicado) (medicine) To perform a surgical puncture. ==== Usage notes ==== Velicar is a false friend and does not mean vellicate. The Spanish word for vellicate is cosquillear. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “velicar”, 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