bicho-careta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ʃu.kaˈɾe.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ʃo.kaˈɾe.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ʃu.kɐˈɾe.tɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.t͡ʃu.kɐˈɾe.tɐ/

Hyphenation: bi‧cho‧-ca‧re‧ta

Noun

bicho-careta m or f by sense (plural bichos-caretas or bichos-careta)

(derogatory) a worthless or useless individual
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zé-ninguém

Further reading

“bicho-careta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“bicho-careta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026