What does bicar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word bicar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use bicar in Portuguese.

The word bicar in Portuguese means peck, peck, peck, seize, nibble, bicar, bicar, bicar, bicar, comer igual um passarinho, não morrer de amor. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word bicar

peck

verbo transitivo (picar com o bico)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

peck

(picar com o bico)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

peck

verbo transitivo (dar bicada)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

seize

verbo transitivo (pegar com o bico) (bird: take with beak)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

nibble

verbo transitivo (figurado (comer pouco, em pouca quantidade)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

bicar

intransitive verb (bird: bite or pick with beak) (pássaro)

Pombos, ao que me parece, sempre estão bicando.
Pigeons always seem to me to be pecking.

bicar

phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable (bird: poke with beak)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The woodpecker pecked at the tree until he had drilled a hole into the bark.

bicar

phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable (bird: eat with beak)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
I love to watch birds pecking at the seeds in the park.

bicar

transitive verb (bird: puncture with beak)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
O chapim-azul voltou a bicar as garrafas de leite.
Blue-tits have been pecking the tops of the milk bottles again.

comer igual um passarinho

verbal expression (figurative (consume little or in small amounts)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
No wonder she's so skinny, she eats like a bird!

não morrer de amor

noun (mutual dislike) (figurado, desprezo mútuo)

(expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".)
There's no love lost between those two. They've always hated each other.

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