bisa
Portuguese, noun/ˈbi.zɐ/
bisa is spelled B-I-S-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “clipping of bisavó” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of bisar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enxergão”.
What does bisa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclipping of bisavó
noun
- 1
masculineclipping of bisavô
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. enxergão 2. almofada
noun: 1. bisavó
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 bisa
- bisas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bisa?
- Brazil /ˈbi.zɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbi.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bisa in Portuguese?
bisa appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).