bichinho
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Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bicho (“beast”) + -inho.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: bi‧chi‧nho
Noun
[edit]bichinho m (plural bichinhos, feminine bichinha, feminine plural bichinhas)
- diminutive of bicho
- Synonym: bichozinho
- (informal) pet (animal kept as a companion)
- Synonyms: animal de estimação, bicho de estimação
- (Brazil, humorous) very young child
- (Brazil, informal) loved one
- (figurative, informal) bug, passion (an enthusiasm for something)
- Apesar de há anos não tocares numa bola, é bom ver que ainda manténs o bichinho pelo futebol.
- Even though you haven't touched a ball in years, it's nice to see that you still keep the passion for football.
- Bastou uma aula, para ele ganhar o bichinho pela dança.
- One lesson was all it took for him to catch the dancing bug.
Further reading
[edit]- “bichinho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bichinho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “bichinho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “bichinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Categories:
- Portuguese nouns suffixed with -inho
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese diminutive nouns
- Portuguese informal terms
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese humorous terms
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
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