bicho

=

bug

sustantivo

bicho

masculine noun

1. (informal)

2. beast, animal (animal); bug (insecto)

¿qué bicho le ha picado? -> what's up with him? (British), what's eating him? (United States)

3. (persona)

(mal) bicho -> nasty piece of work
bicho raro -> weirdo
siempre está intentado ligar con todo bicho viviente -> he'll try to get off with o (British) make out with anything that moves (United States)
no hay bicho viviente que se coma esto -> there isn't a creature alive that would eat that

4. little terror (pillo)

bicho [bee’-cho]

noun

1. A general name for small grubs or insects; bug, creepy crawly; (Carib, Cono Sur) Maggot, brub (gusano); (And.) Snake (serpiente); (LAm.) Odd-looking creature (animal extraño). (m)

2. A little fellow of a ridiculous figure and appearance. (Metaphorical) (m)

Mal bicho -> a mischievous urchin

3. (Taur.) Bull. (m)

4. Odd-looking person, queer fish (persona), bicho raro, weirdo. (m)

Mal bicho -> rogue, villain

5. Squaddle, recruit (niño); (CAm.) Child, little boy. (Military) (m)

6. De puro bicho, out of sheer pig-headedness. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

Matar el bicho -> to have a drink

7. Thingummy (fulano). (Caribbean) (m)

noun, plural

8. Vermin.

"bicho" en el foro de Respuestas


P:	bicho raro
R:	Solo como un aporte mas...An example: "Me miró como si fuera un bicho raro" This means: "He looked at me as if I was from another planet"

P:	mal bicho means stinker??? As in a brat or silly person??
R:	Bad Bug. Is that the song by "los fabulosos cadillacs"? If so, I like the drums in that song. I'm sure there is a translation of the words somewhere online...…