"acicate" meaning in Spanish

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      "name": "bor+"
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السِّقَاط (as-siqáṭ). Compare Portuguese acicate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acicates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "hyphenation": [
    "a‧ci‧ca‧te"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spur (implement for prodding a horse)"
      ],
      "id": "en-acicate-es-noun-DUsnK9Tt",
      "links": [
        [
          "spur",
          "spur"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "espuela"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
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        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Equestrianism",
          "orig": "es:Equestrianism",
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        {
          "english": "Last Evenings on Earth",
          "ref": "1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Henri Simon Leprince”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:",
          "text": "Su presencia, su fragilidad, su espantosa soberanía, a algunos les sirve de acicate o de recordatorio.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates)"
      ],
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          "incentive"
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          "spur",
          "spur"
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        "(figuratively) incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "incentivo"
        }
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/aθiˈkate/",
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Spain"
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      "ipa": "/asiˈkate/",
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      "ipa": "[a.siˈka.t̪e]",
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        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acicate"
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    {
      "word": "acicatear"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السِّقَاط (as-siqáṭ). Compare Portuguese acicate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acicates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "a‧ci‧ca‧te"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "spur (implement for prodding a horse)"
      ],
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          "word": "espuela"
        }
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          "ref": "1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Henri Simon Leprince”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:",
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        "(figuratively) incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates)"
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      "rhymes": "-ate"
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  "word": "acicate"
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