bigode
Portuguese, noun/biˈɡɔ.d͡ʒi/
bigode is spelled B-I-G-O-D-E (6 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,226th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bigode is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “moustache, mustache” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de pelos faciais humanos localizados entre o nariz e o lábio superior”.
What does bigode mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoustache, mustache
Salvador Dalí tinha um bigode muito peculiar.
- 2
masculinewhisker (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
Os tigres têm bigodes.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de pelos faciais humanos localizados entre o nariz e o lábio superior 2. trapaça, enganação, logro
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 bigode
- bigodes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bigode?
- Brazil /biˈɡɔ.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /biˈɡɔ.dɨ/
- Portugal [biˈɣɔ.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bigode
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bigode in Portuguese?
bigode appears 5.6 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).