bife
Portuguese, noun/ˈbi.fi/
bife is spelled B-I-F-E (4 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bife is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “steak (slice of beef)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “posta de carne”.
What does bife mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesteak (slice of beef)
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculineEnglish person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. posta de carne 2. posta de carne (normalmente bovina) frita ou grelhada 3. indivíduo inglês ou inglesado
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 bife
- bifes plural
- bifinho diminutive
- bifão augmentative
- bifa feminine
- bifas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bife?
- Brazil /ˈbi.fi/
- Portugal /ˈbi.fɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bife
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bife in Portuguese?
bife appears 3.9 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).