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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From pija.

Noun

picha f (plural pichas)

1. (Spain, vulgar) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

2. (Andalusia, vulgar) 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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English picture.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

picha (n class, plural picha)

1. picture (photograph)

Descendants

• → Kikuyu: mbica

Tagalog

Pronunciation

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

Noun

picha (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ) (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of pitsa