bicha

• IPA^(key): /bi.ʃa/
• Homophones: bichas, bichât

bicha

1. third-person singular past historic of bicher

• becha

From Old Galician-Portuguese bescha (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin bēstia or Vulgar Latin bestula.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit͡ʃa/ [ˈbi.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -itʃa
• Hyphenation: bi‧cha

bicha f (plural bichas)

1. leech

   Synonym: samesuga

2. snake, serpent

   Synonyms: cóbrega, serpe, víbora

3. mare

   Synonyms: besta, egua

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “bescha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “besch”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bicha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bicha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bicha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “bicha”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “bicha”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

From Portuguese bicha. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bitchu.

bicha

1. worm

• Rhymes: -iʃɐ
• Hyphenation: bi‧cha

From Vulgar Latin bīstia, variant of Latin bēstia. Doublet of besta. Sense of "homosexual" possibly influenced by English bitch. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

bicha f (plural bichas, diminutive bichinha, augmentative bichona)

1. (uncommon) female equivalent of bicho: a female animal
2. worm (any of several legless, elongated creatures), especially:

   Synonym: verme

   1. roundworm (intestinal parasite)

      Synonym: lombriga

   2. (dated) leech (bloodsucking parasite)

      Synonym: sanguessuga

   3. (dated) snake; serpent

      Synonyms: cobra, serpente

3. (by extension) an elongated or writhing object or structure
   1. (Portugal) queue; line

      Synonym: fila

      • 1984, Ana Maria Magalhães, Isabel Alçada, Uma aventura na cidade, 19th edition, Editorial Caminho, published 2012, →ISBN, page 28:

        A empregada bem gritava com eles: — Ou se põem em bicha ou não atendo ninguém! Mas a bicha era sempre um magote de gente aos encontrões, todos a tentarem ser atendidos primeiro.

        The employee yelled at them: “form a line or I won’t serve anybody!” But the line was always a bunch of people bumping into each other, all trying to be served first.

   2. (obsolete) serpentine (coiled distillation tube)

      Synonym: serpentina

   3. a type of firework that moves randomly on the ground
   4. a flexible tube
   5. (obsolete) a type of earring shaped like a snake
   6. (obsolete) a small boat used by customs officers
4. (colloquial) ascariasis (infection by Ascaris roundworms)

   Synonym: ascaridíase

5. (colloquial, dated) prostitute, whore

bicha f or (less common) m (plural bichas, diminutive bichinha, augmentative bichona)

1. (LGBTQ, colloquial, usually derogatory) flamer, fairy (flamboyant effeminate gay man)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bicha

   • 2006, Jaguar, Sergio Augusto, O Pasquim: 1969-1971, número 1 ao 150, Editora Desiderata, page 171:

     Diz que ele é bicha mas eu não acredito porque um dia eu vi ele beijando uma moça muito bonita.

     People say he’s a poof but I don’t believe it because one day I saw him kissing a really pretty lady.

bicha m or f (plural bichas, comparable, comparative mais bicha, superlative o mais bicha or (uncommon) bichíssimo or (colloquial) bichérrimo)

1. (often derogatory) flaming (gay, homosexual, especially when behaving flamboyantly or affectedly)

This term may be used as a derogatory or offensive term, as well as a neutral term of address by members of LGBTQ groups, as a result of reappropriation.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bicha

1. inflection of bichar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “bicha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bicha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bicha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bicha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit͡ʃa/ [ˈbi.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -itʃa
• Syllabification: bi‧cha

bicha f (plural bichas)

1. beer, brew

   Synonym: cerveza

2. cocaine paste

   Synonym: pasta de cocaína

3. (Rioplatense) critter

• “bicha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• Hyphenation: bi‧cha

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bicha f

1. beech (tree)