bituca
Portuguese, noun/biˈtu.kɐ/
bituca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ponta do cigarro já fumado”.
What does bituca mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineinformalbutt (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ponta do cigarro já fumado 2. aquele que não paga as dívidas
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 bituca
- bitucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bituca?
- Brazil /biˈtu.kɐ/
- Portugal /biˈtu.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bituca in Portuguese?
bituca appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).