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1) (covered with prickles: Holly is a prickly plant.) espinoso; con púas2) (pricking; stinging: a prickly rash.) pruriginoso, que picaprickly adj espinoso / con púas / con pinchostr['prɪkləɪ]2 (irritable, touchy) enojadizo,-a, irritable, difícil\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLprickly heat sarpullido por causa del calorprickly ['prɪkəli] adj1) thorny: espinoso2) : que picaa prickly sensation: un hormigueoadj.• espinoso, -a adj.• lleno de púas adj.• malhumorado, -a adj.'prɪkliadjective -lier, -liest1)a) ( with prickles) < plant> espinoso; < animal> con púasprickly feeling — picor m
2) (colloq)a) < person> quisquilloso, difícil, irritableb) <issue/problem> espinoso, peliagudo (fam)['prɪklɪ]1. ADJ(compar pricklier) (superl prickliest)1) (=spiky) espinoso2) (fig) [person] enojadizo2.CPDprickly heat N — (Med) sarpullido m (causado por exceso de calor)
prickly pear N — (=plant) chumbera f, nopal m (LAm); (=fruit) higo m chumbo, tuna f (LAm)
* * *['prɪkli]adjective -lier, -liest1)a) ( with prickles) < plant> espinoso; < animal> con púasprickly feeling — picor m
2) (colloq)a) < person> quisquilloso, difícil, irritableb) <issue/problem> espinoso, peliagudo (fam)
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pricklier — prick·ly || prɪklɪ adj. stinging, piercing, stabbing; full of difficulties, tricky … English contemporary dictionary
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prickly — adjective (pricklier, prickliest) 1》 covered in or resembling prickles. ↘having or causing a prickling sensation. 2》 ready to take offence. ↘liable to cause someone to take offence: a prickly subject. Derivatives prickliness noun … English new terms dictionary
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prickly — /ˈprɪkli/ (say priklee) adjective (pricklier, prickliest) 1. full of or armed with prickles. 2. full of troublesome points: *She seems to me lacking entirely in human warmth, and prickly with moral principles –patrick white, 1976. 3. prickling;… …
prickly — ► ADJECTIVE (pricklier, prickliest) 1) covered in or resembling prickles. 2) having or causing a prickling sensation. 3) ready to take offence … English terms dictionary
prickly — [prik′lē] adj. pricklier, prickliest 1. full of prickles 2. stinging; smarting; tingling prickliness n … English World dictionary
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