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For the verb: "to sting"
Simple Past: stung
Past Participle: stung

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
sting1 /stɪŋ/ sustantivo
  1. countable
    1. (of bee, wasp) aguijón m
    1. (action, wound) picadura f
  1. (no pl) (pain) escozor m, ardor m (CS)
sting2 (past & past p stung) verbo transitivo
  1. [bee/nettle] picar(conj.⇒)
  1. (cause pain) hacer(conj.⇒) escocer, hacer(conj.⇒) arder (CS)
verbo intransitivo
  1. [insect/nettle] picar(conj.⇒)
  1. (hurt physically) [ointment] hacer(conj.⇒) escocer, hacer(conj.⇒) arder (CS);
    [cut] escocer(conj.⇒), arder (CS)

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
sting [stɪɳ]
I nombre
1   (de insecto, etc) aguijón
2   (acción, herida) picadura
     figurado sarcasmo
3   (sensación) escozor
     fig (de remordimiento) punzada
    
II vtr (ps & pp stung)
1   (insecto, planta) picar
2   fig (consciencia) remorder
3   fig (comentario) herir
4   to sting sb into action, incitar a alguien a actuar
5   familiar cobrar, clavar: they stung me for fifty pounds, me clavaron cincuenta libras
    
III verbo intransitivo
1   (insecto, planta) picar
2   (una herida, etc) escocer
    Usamos el verbo to sting para hablar de las picaduras de bees (abejas), wasps (avispas) y scorpions (escorpiones). Con mosquitoes (mosquitos), ants (hormigas) y animales con dientes empleamos el verbo to bite: A dog/mosquito bit me. Me mordió un perro o me picó un mosquito.
    



sting: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2010
Compound Forms:
bee stingnaguijón de abeja nm
bee stingnpicadura de abeja nf
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