bicho
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese *bischo (note the derivative bischoco (“worm, caterpillar”), 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin bēstia or Vulgar Latin bestula.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbicho m (plural bichos)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bicho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bicho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bicho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editFrom Vulgar Latin *bīstius, a masculine form of bīstia, from Latin bēstia (“beast”). Doublet of besta.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editbicho m (plural bichos)
- beast (non-human animal)
- (strictly) bug
- (derogatory) severely aggressive person
- (Brazil, slang, vocative) buddy (close friend); also used as a general informal form of address
- Synonyms: amigo, camarada, companheiro
Derived terms
edit- bichão
- bichinho
- bicho de conta
- bicho de conta-aquático
- bicho de conta-do-mar
- bicho de estimação
- bicho de pelúcia
- bicho de sete cabeças
- bicho do mato
- bicho-barbeiro
- bicho-cabeludo
- bicho-careta
- bicho-carpinteiro
- bicho-côdeo
- bicho-da-costa
- bicho-da-preguiça
- bicho-da-seda
- bicho-da-taquara
- bicho-da-terra
- bicho-das-frutas
- bicho-das-palmeiras
- bicho-de-canastro
- bicho-de-cesto
- bicho-de-chifre
- bicho-de-coco
- bicho-de-frade
- bicho-de-goiaba
- bicho-de-ormuz
- bicho-de-pau
- bicho-de-pé
- bicho-de-porco
- bicho-do-café
- bicho-do-mar
- bicho-do-milho
- bicho-galo
- bicho-gordo
- bicho-grilo
- bicho-mole
- bicho-papão
- bicho-pau
- bicho-preguiça
- bicho-preto
- bicho-vergonhoso
- jogo do bicho
- se correr o bicho pega, se ficar o bicho come
- ser o bicho
Related terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editbicho
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *bīstius, a masculine form of bīstia, from Latin bēstia (“beast”). Compare English beast.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbicho m (plural bichos)
- bug
- vermin
- Synonym: alimaña
- beast (non-human animal)
- (Nicaragua, vulgar) vulva
- (Puerto Rico, vulgar) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
- (Honduras, El Salvador, derogatory, colloquial) youngster, kid (boy, or young man)
- Synonym: joven
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “bicho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
editNoun
editbicho (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)
- Alternative spelling of bitso
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- Rhymes:Galician/itʃo
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- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃu
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