bicar

//bi.ˈkaɾ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#85,348

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

bicar is aPortugueseverb. It means: bater com o bico em Pronounced /bi.ˈkaɾ/.

Key facts for bicar
PropertyValue
Headwordbicar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bi.ˈkaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bicar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bicar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bi.ˈkaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #85,348 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for bicar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is bicar, spelled B-I-C-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bater com o bico em
  2. 2
    tocar, machucando, como se fosse um bico de ave
  3. 3
    comer um pouco de várias coisas
  4. 4
    beber em pequenos goles
  5. 5
    dar de comer as aves às suas crias, metendo-lhes a bicada no bico
  6. 6
    beijar
  7. 7
    tocar uma coisa inanimada em outra

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #85,348 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bicar"?
"bicar" is spelled B-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /bi.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "bicar" mean?
As a verb, "bicar" means: bater com o bico em
How do you pronounce "bicar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bicar" is /bi.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bicar" come from?
"bicar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.