pick one's nose

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59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَخَّلَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي أَنْفِهِ (daḵḵala ʔiṣbaʕahu fī ʔanfihi) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Arabic: لعب في مناخيره (leʕeb fī manāḵīroh) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Armenian: քիթը քչփորել (kʻitʻə kʻčʻpʻorel) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Azerbaijani: burnunu qurdalamaq — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Catalan: fer burilles — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Cebuano: hingugmo — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Chinese Cantonese: 撩鼻屎 (liu1 bei6 si2, liu2 bei6 si2) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Chinese Mandarin: 挖鼻子 (wābízi) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Chinese Mandarin: 摳鼻子 /抠鼻子 (kōubízi) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Chinese Mandarin: 挖鼻 (wābí) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Czech: dloubat se v nose — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Danish: pille næse — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Dutch: pulken — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Dutch: neuspeuteren — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Finnish: kaivaa nenäänsä — insert a finger into one's nostril
• French: se curer le nez — insert a finger into one's nostril
• French: se mettre le doigt dans le nez — insert a finger into one's nostril
• French: fourrer son doigt dans son nez — insert a finger into one's nostril
• German: in der Nase bohren — insert a finger into one's nostril
• German: in der Nase herumbohren — insert a finger into one's nostril
• German: sich in der Nase pulen — insert a finger into one's nostril
• German: popeln — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Greek: σκαλίζω τη μύτη μου (skalízo ti mýti mou) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Hebrew: חיטט באף — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Hungarian: túrja az orrát — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Hungarian: orrot túr — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Hungarian: bányászik — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Icelandic: bora í nefið — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Indonesian: mengupil — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Indonesian: ngupil — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Italian: mettersi le dita nel naso — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Italian: scaccolare — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Italian: scaccolarsi — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Japanese: 鼻を穿る (hana o hojiru) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Japanese: 鼻をほじくる (hana o hojikuru) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Khmer: ឆ្កឹះអាចម៍ច្រមុះ (chkəh ʼac crɑmoh) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Korean: 코를 파다 (koreul pada) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Macedonian: чепка нос (čepka nos) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Norwegian: plukke nesen — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Persian: دست تو دماغ کردن — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Polish: dłubać w nosie — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Portuguese: cutucar o nariz — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Portuguese: limpar o salão — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Romanian: se scobi în nas — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Russian: ковыря́ть в носу́ (kovyrjátʹ v nosú) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Russian: ковыря́ться в носу́ (kovyrjátʹsja v nosú) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Russian: колупа́ться в носу́ (kolupátʹsja v nosú) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Spanish: hurgarse la nariz — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Spanish: hacer píldoras — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Spanish: meterse el dedo en/a la nariz — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Swedish: peta näsan — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Swedish: peta i näsan — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Swedish: peta sig i näsan — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Tagalog: mangulangot — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Tamil: மூக்கை நோண்டு (mūkkai nōṇṭu) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Ukrainian: колупа́ти в но́сі (kolupáty v nósi) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Ukrainian: до́вбати в но́сі (dóvbaty v nósi) — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Vietnamese: ngoáy mũi — insert a finger into one's nostril
• Vietnamese: cạy rỉ mũi — insert a finger into one's nostril