bichado
Portuguese, adjective/biˈʃa.du/
bichado is spelled B-I-C-H-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bichado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “wormy (infested with worms and bugs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of bichar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que está com bicho, infestado por verme”.
What does bichado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wormy (infested with worms and bugs)
- 2
Brazilbroken, malfunctioning
Esta televisão está bichada.
verb
- 1
past participle of bichar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está com bicho, infestado por verme 2. que tem problema físico
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 bichado
- bichada feminine
- bichados masculine plural
- bichadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bichado?
- Brazil /biˈʃa.du/
- Portugal /biˈʃa.du/
- Portugal [biˈʃa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bichado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bichado in Portuguese?
bichado appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).