piquete

Borrowed from French piquete.

• Hyphenation: pi‧que‧te
• Homophone: Piquete

piquete m (plural piquetes)

1. Refers to a relatively small to medium-sized group of people, particularly:
   1. (military) small troop or guard
   2. (military) any other group of soldiers, firefighters or policemen
   3. group of strikers (workers on strike)

      piquete de greve

   4. a number of workers designated for turn-based work
      • 2026 January 5, “Metro de Lisboa vai ter piquete 24/7 para as escadas rolantes da Baixa-Chiado [Lisbon Metro will have 24/7 assistance workers for the escalators in Baixa-Chiado station]”, in Mário Rui André, editor, Lisboa Para Pessoas‎^[1] (online newspaper), Lisbon: Shifter Generation, Lda, archived from the original on 6 January 2026:

        O Metro de Lisboa vai ter um “piquete de assistência” às 22 escadas rolantes e seis elevadores das estações Baixa-Chiado e Aeroporto.

        The Lisbon Metro will have a turn-based assistance worker on the 22 escalators and six elevators in Baixa-Chiado and Aeroporto statoins.

• “piquete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “piquete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “piquete”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “piquete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From pico +‎ -ete (diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /piˈkete/ [piˈke.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: pi‧que‧te

piquete m (plural piquetes)

1. prick (in the skin)

   Synonym: pinchazo

2. shot, jab (with a syringe)

   Synonym: inyección

3. injection

   Synonym: inyección

4. sting (bump in the skin made by an insect)

   Synonym: roncha

5. (slang, Mexico) a small or medium amount of a strong alcoholic beverage (usually tequila, rum or brandy) poured in a non-alcoholic beverage, such as punch, coffee, juice, soda beverage, etc.

   Dame un café, pero con piquete.

   Give me a coffee, but pour some alcohol in it.

6. picket line

• “piquete”, 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