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piquete

picket

noun pee-KEH-teh Rare

Also means

squad

Usage Note

Piquete has two main meanings in modern Spanish: a labor picket line (piquete de huelga) and a small military or police squad (piquete de fusilamiento = firing squad). In some Latin American countries it also means a small puncture or sting (from picar, to sting/prick). Context usually makes the intended sense clear. The labor sense is very common in news coverage of strikes.

Examples

"Los trabajadores formaron un piquete en la entrada."

Natural Translation

The workers formed a picket at the entrance.

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