bicicleta

See also: bicicletă

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicyclette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biθiˈkleta/
• IPA^(key): /bisiˈkleta/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta
• Rhymes: -eta

Noun

bicicleta f

1. bicycle

Alternative forms

• becicleta

Derived terms

• bicicleta de montanya
• bicicleta estatica
• mancha de bicicleta

Related terms

• bici
• tricicle

Asturian

Etymology

From French bicyclette.

Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)

1. bicycle

   Synonym: bici

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicyclette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bi.siˈklɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bi.siˈklə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bi.siˈkle.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)

1. bicycle

Derived terms

• bicicleta de muntanya
• bicicleta estàtica
• manxa de bicicleta

Related terms

• bici
• tricicle

Further reading

• “bicicleta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bicicleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bicicleta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bicicleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish bicicleta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bisiˈkleta/, [bi.siˈkle.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta

Noun

bicicleta

1. bicycle

Galician

Etymology

From French bicyclette.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biθiˈkleta/ [bi.θiˈkle.t̪ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /biθiˈkleta/ [bi.θiˈkle.t̪ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /bisiˈkleta/ [bi.siˈkle.t̪ɐ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta

Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. bicycle

   Synonym: bici

References

• “bicicleta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bicicleta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bicicleta”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bicicleta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Occitan

Etymology

From French bicyclette. From the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas) (Languedoc, Limousin)

1. bicycle

   Synonyms: vèlo (Languedoc), velò (Limousin)

Related terms

• velocipède

See also

• ciclista

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• biciclete

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicyclette, from Latin bi- (“two”) +‎ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.tɐ/, /bɨ.siˈklɛ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta

Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. bicycle (vehicle)
2. (soccer) bicycle kick (a kick in which the kicker leans backwards and kicks the ball back over his head)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) chute de bicicleta, (Portugal) pontapé de bicicleta

Derived terms

• bici
• bicicleta de montanha
• bicicleta ergométrica
• bicicleta estática
• bicicletaria
• bicicletário
• bicicleteiro
• bicicletinha
• bicicletona
• biciclizar
• bicla

Related terms

• biciclo

Further reading

• “bicicleta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bicicleta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “bicicleta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “bicicleta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bit͡ʃiˈkleta]

Noun

bicicleta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bicicletă

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicyclette, from Latin bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biθiˈkleta/ [bi.θiˈkle.t̪a] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bisiˈkleta/ [bi.siˈkle.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta

Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. (exercise, vehicles) bicycle, pushbike, cycle

   Synonyms: bici; see also Thesaurus:bicicleta

   andar/montar en bicicleta ― to ride a bike

2. (soccer) step over, pedalada (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)
3. (climbing) bicycle

Usage notes

• (soccer): Bicicleta is a false friend and does not mean bicycle kick. The Spanish word for bicycle kick is chilena.

Hyponyms

• bicicleta balona
• bicicleta de montaña
• bicicleta de reparto
• bicicleta elíptica
• bicicleta estática
• bicicleta fija (“exercise bike”)

Derived terms

• aparcabicicletas
• bici
• bicicleta financiera
• bicicletada
• si mi abuela tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta

Related terms

• triciclo

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bisikleta
• → Hiligaynon: bisikleta
• → Tagalog: bisikleta

Further reading

• “bicicleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• bicicleta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es