Meanings (ES + gloss)
con espinas • espinoso • espinudo
Covered with sharp points.
The prickly pear is a cactus; you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.
irritable • malhumorado
Easily irritated.
He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.
difícil • espinoso • peliagudo
Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny.
It was a prickly situation.
People who are prickly can’t be hurt any more. They’ve had it. So we just have to be prickly to make sure nobody’s going to come in and grab us.
Phrases
nonpricklypricklinessprickly ashprickly chaff flowerprickly comfreyprickly glasswortprickly hakeaprickly heatprickly heathprickly hornwortprickly lettuceprickly nightshadeprickly oakprickly pearprickly pear cactusprickly pineprickly poisonprickly poppyprickly saltwortprickly sculpinprickly sharkprickly shield fernprickly tangprickly thriftprickly-seeded spinachunpricklywestern prickly juniper
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