bicho
Portuguese, noun/ˈbi.ʃu/
bicho is spelled B-I-C-H-O (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bicho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “beast (non-human animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of bichar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sinônimo de animal”.
What does bicho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeast (non-human animal)
- 2
masculinebug; minibeast
- 3
derogatorymasculineseverely aggressive person
- 4
Brazilmasculineslangbuddy (close friend); also used as a general informal form of address
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialmasculineellipsis of jogo do bicho
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of bichar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sinônimo de animal 2. animal de estimação 3. termo de tratamento dirigido à pessoa com quem se fala 4. em algumas regiões do Brasil (por exemplo, São Paulo), se diz de alunos recém-ingressos em universidades; neste contexto, é frequentemente grafado bixo
noun: 1. termo referenciador de pessoa
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 bicho
- bichos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bicho?
- Brazil /ˈbi.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈbi.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈbit.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bicho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bicho in Portuguese?
bicho appears 10 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).