bica

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) spout, water pipe
2. (Portugal, feminine) espresso
3. (Brazil, feminine, slang) illegal drug shop
4. (Brazil, feminine) a type of strong kick with the tip of one's foot striking the adversary

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of bicar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of bicar:

bicar

1. to hit with the beak
2. to hit (also with) the sharp corner of an object
3. to eat little portions of food

Lees verder

Concepten

kraan

tap

tapkraan

gewone zeebrasem

Synoniemen

torneira

bico

biqueira

Vertalingen

rubinetto

Hahn

robinet

tap

aixeta

grifo

Wasserhahn

henefî

musluk

Kran

spigot

Zapfen

faucet

stopcock

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbi.kɐ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Deverbal from bicar.
According to folk etymology, the coffee sense is an acronym of Beba Isto Com Açúcar (“drink this with sugar”). This etymology appears to have come from a 1998 text, however, and the term most likely came about as a way to differentiate between machine coffee and coffeepot coffee.