bica

Meaning

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

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Concepts

tap

faucet

spigot

stopcock

spout

water pipe

common pandora

Synonyms

torneira

bico

biqueira

Translations

rubinetto

kraan

Hahn

robinet

tap

Wasserhahn

tapkraan

grifo

aixeta

henefî

musluk

Kran

Zapfen

mislik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbi.kɐ/

Etymology

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.