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bicho do mato

Portuguese, noun

bicho do mato is spelled B-I-C-H-O-D-O-M-A-T-O (11 letters). Bicho do mato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “loner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animal bravio e carnívoro; fera”.

What does bicho do mato mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineloner

  2. 2

    masculineunsociable person

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. animal bravio e carnívoro; fera 2. indivíduo arredio ao trato social, retraído 3. indivíduo grosseirão 4. curupira, caipora

phrase: 1. caipira, indivíduo tímido e acanhado 2. indivíduo grosseiro 3. fera

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 do mato

  • bichos do mato plural
  • bicho-do-mato alternative
  • bi.cho do ma.to canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bicho do mato

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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