bicha
Portuguese, noun/ˈbi.ʃɐ/
bicha is spelled B-I-C-H-A (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bicha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “roundworm (intestinal parasite)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of bicho: a female animal. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum dos vermes e dos répteis com corpo comprido e sem pernas”.
What does bicha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of bicho: a female animal
- 2
feminineroundworm (intestinal parasite)
- 3
datedfeminineleech (bloodsucking parasite)
- 4
datedfemininesnake; serpent
- 5
Portugalfemininequeue; line
- 6
feminineobsoleteserpentine (coiled distillation tube)
- 7
femininea type of firework that moves randomly on the ground
- 8
femininea flexible tube
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatoryfemininemasculinefairy, flamer (flamboyant effeminate gay man)
adjective
- 1
derogatoryfemininemasculineflaming (gay, homosexual, behaving flamboyantly or affectedly)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum dos vermes e dos répteis com corpo comprido e sem pernas 2. sanguessuga 3. lombriga 4. víbora
noun: 1. homossexual masculino, especialmente afeminado 2. homem efeminado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bicha
- bichas plural
- bichinha diminutive
- bichona augmentative
- mais bicha comparative
- o mais bicha superlative
- bichíssimo superlative uncommon
- bichérrimo colloquial superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bicha?
- Brazil /ˈbi.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbi.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbit.ʃɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bicha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bicha in Portuguese?
bicha appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).