picha

See also: Picha, píchá, pǐchà, and pǐchā

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.t͡ʃɐ/

Noun

picha f (plural pichas)

1. cruet (small bottle or container used to hold a condiment)

   Synonym: galheta

2. a small shrimp
3. (Portugal, slang) dick; prick; penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Verb

picha

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pisha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpi.t͡ʃa]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -itʃa
• Syllabification: pi‧cha
• (Andalusia) IPA^(key): [ˈpi.ʃa]

Etymology 1

From pija, onomatopoeic. See the DLE entry for pijo.

Noun

picha f (plural pichas)

1. (Spain, Argentina, Costa Rica, colloquial) penis, dick

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

2. (also vocative, Andalusia, Seville, Cádiz, colloquial) dude, bro

   Si tú eres mi bro, yo soy tu picha.

   If you're my bro, I'm your dawg.

3. (Mexico, vulgar) cunt

Derived terms

• hacerse la picha un lío
• picha brava
• pichula

Related terms

• pija

Etymology 2

Verb

picha

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

Further reading

• “picha”, 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
• “pijo”, 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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English picture.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

picha class IX (plural picha class X)

1. picture (photograph)

Descendants

• → Kikuyu: mbica

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpiː.t͡ʃɐ], (dated) /ˈpisa/ [ˈpiː.sɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -it͡ʃa, (no palatal assimilation) -itsa, (dated) -isa
• Syllabification: pi‧cha

Noun

picha (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ) (colloquial)

1. alternative form of pitsa