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picardía

roguishness

noun pee-kahr-DEE-ah Rare
Mind & Emotions Personality

Also means

cunning

Usage Note

Picardía describes a playful, mischievous cleverness — the quality of the pícaro, the roguish trickster hero of the Spanish literary genre novela picaresca. It can be charming rather than negative, implying wit and street-smarts. In some Latin American varieties it can shade toward 'obscenity' or 'naughty remark', so context matters across regions.

Examples

"Sonrió con picardía antes de responder."

Natural Translation

She smiled with roguishness before answering.

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