Similar words
astucia
picardía often implies a mischievous, playful cunning, a roguish charm; astucia is more purely cunning or shrewdness, without the playful edge.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
ardiloso
ardiloso is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "cunning."
Portuguese
astúcia
astúcia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "cunning."
Portuguese
manha
manha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "cunning."
Practice
1 What does picardía mean?
cunning
2 Fill the gap: Lo hizo con ___.
Full sentence: Lo hizo con picardía. (He did it slyly.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches picardía?
picardía: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.