bicho-grilo
Portuguese, noun/ˌbi.ʃuˈɡɾi.lu/
bicho-grilo is spelled B-I-C-H-O-G-R-I-L-O (10 letters). Bicho-grilo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hippie; a new-age or counterculture person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bicho-grilo mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinehippie; a new-age or counterculture person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. implicante; exigente ou detalhista a ponto de tornar-se maçante
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-grilo
- bichos-grilos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bicho-grilo?
- Brazil /ˌbi.ʃuˈɡɾi.lu/
- Portugal /ˌbi.ʃuˈɡɾi.lu/
- Portugal [ˌbi.ʃuˈɣɾi.lu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.