bicar
/bi.ˈkaɾ/
The verdict
“bicar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,348 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,348
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bater com o bico em
Corpus desk
Index PT-bicar · bicar · Portuguese
bicar · rank #85,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,348
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bilha
Nearest frequency peer: bilha (+2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “bicar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- banzé
banzé
14,664 corpus weight
- berílio
berílio
14,657 corpus weight
- bicar
bicar
14,653 corpus weight
- bilha
bilha
14,651 corpus weight
- bravata
bravata
14,644 corpus weight
- caricaturis…
caricaturista
14,624 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bicar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bicar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /bi.ˈkaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,348 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bicar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bicar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,348 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /bi.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bicar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is bicar, spelled B-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1bater com o bico em
- 2tocar, machucando, como se fosse um bico de ave
- 3comer um pouco de várias coisas
- 4beber em pequenos goles
- 5dar de comer as aves às suas crias, metendo-lhes a bicada no bico
- 6beijar
- 7tocar uma coisa inanimada em outra
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bicar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Além disso, Bonpland bem que gostava de bicar jabuticabas.
A luz de inverno pode ser enganosa, no sentido de que a aparência quase que Mediterrânea que empresta à paisagem logo é traída no momento em que se põe o pé na rua e sente-se o frio a nos bicar a pele.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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