bico

See also: bicó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bico (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); either from Latin beccus from Gaulish *beccos (“chicken beak”) interfered by picar, or directly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbikʊ]

Noun

bico m (plural bicos)

1. beak

   -Ai que rico mazarico! / quen che deu tamaño bico? / -Deumo Deus e meus pecados, / que non os teño ben purgados

   -So cute, curlew! Who gave you such a beak? -God gave it to me, and my sins, because they are not well purged

   (traditional)

   Synonym: peteiro

2. pout
3. snout

   Synonyms: fociño, morro

4. kiss

   Meniña, se che pesou / polos bicos que me deches, / devólveme os que che eu dei / e dareiche os que me deches

   Baby, if you feel remorse because of the kisses you gave me, then give me back the ones I gave you, that I'll give you back the ones that you gave me

   (traditional)

   • 1808, anonymous author, Un labrador que foi sarxento:

     Salirán cando volvades,
     Para traervos en trunfo
     Con gaitas e con ferreñas,
     Todal as Mozas de rumbo.
     Veredes como se botan
     Todal as Vellas de bruzos
     Para darvos moitos bicos
     Por pés, por pernas, e muslos.

     They'll come out on your return, [from war]
     for bringing you in triumph
     with bagpipes and jingles,
     all the girls along the way
     You'll see how
     all the old ladies lie face down
     To give many kisses
     on your feet, legs and thighs

   Synonyms: beixo, ósculo

5. tip, peak
   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: CSIC, page 1:

     deralle cõ aquela seeta por la queixada seestra e foralle por medeo da cabe[ç]a, et o biquo dela foralle ferir ẽna nariz.

     he hit the arrow on his left jaw, it went through the middle of the head, and the tip of it just hurt him in the nose

   Synonym: pico

6. bite; blow
   • 1777, anonymous author, Romance da Urca de Santo Antón‎^[1]:

     nisto outro golpe de mar beu, é deu á popa un bico

     then another large wave came along, and it give the poop a blow

7. chin

   Synonyms: barba, queixo

8. spout

   Synonyms: biquela, cano, picho

9. highest point (of a hill, stairways, etc)

   Synonyms: cima, cume

Derived terms

• bica
• bicar
• bicada
• bicudo
• biquela
• biquiño (“little kiss”)
• ter bo bico
• torcer o bico

Related terms

• beizo

Verb

bico

1. first-person singular present indicative of bicar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bico”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bico”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “biquo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bico”, 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), “bico”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bico”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Alternative forms

• bito

Etymology

Borrowed from English bit, French bit, German Bit, Italian bit, Russian бит (bit), Spanish bit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit͡so/

Noun

bico (plural bici)

1. (neologism, mathematics, computing) bit (binary digit)

Usage notes

bico is used more often than bito, since bito is already a word, meaning "bitt" (nautical). Though, occasional usage of bito for the binary digit does occur.

Portuguese

bico (1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ku/

• Rhymes: -iku
• Hyphenation: bi‧co

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese bico, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *beccos (“chicken beak, small”), from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“hook”). Possibly influenced by picar. Compare Spanish pico.

Noun

bico m (plural bicos)

1. Anatomical structure:
   1. beak, bill (structure projecting from a bird's face)
   2. beak (chitinous structure that forms the jaw of cephalopods and turtles)
   3. snout (mouth of a dolphin)

      Synonym: nariz

   4. rostrum (beak-shaped projection of weevils)

      Synonyms: probóscide, rostro

2. (by extension, figurative) poultry
3. (figurative, colloquial) mouth
4. (Portugal, vulgar) blowjob

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:felação

5. (figurative) tip (extreme end of an object)
6. (figurative) teapot spout
7. (Brazil, informal) toe kick; toe-poke (a kick with the toes)

   Synonyms: bicuda, bica, biqueirada

8. (Brazil, colloquial) odd job

   Synonym: (Portugal) biscate

9. (South Brazil) pacifier
10. (Brazil) a type of crochet adornment

    Synonyms: barra, barrado

Derived terms

• até o cu fazer bico
• bica
• bicada
• bicar
• bico de Bunsen
• bico de mamadeira
• bico de pato
• bico de teta
• bico do peito
• bico-de-lacre
• bico-virado
• bicota
• bicuda
• bicudo
• biqueira
• biqueirada
• biquinho
• biquinho
• cascar o bico
• cruza-bico
• fazer bico
• grão-de-bico
• levar no bico
• no bico do corvo
• rachar o bico
• tucano-de-bico-preto

 

Verb

bico

1. first-person singular present indicative of bicar

Etymology 2

From Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “mendicant”).

Noun

bico m (plural bicos, feminine bicunim, feminine plural bicunins)

1. (Buddhism) bhikkhu

Further reading

• “bico”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “bico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “bico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “bico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “bico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024