What is the meaning of "bicho" .?

Question

Can you please give me the meaning of bicho?

Now that you've edited your question I can see that you checked the dictionary. - --Mariana--, Mar 5, 2010

Answer 1

I think it's a bug, but here in Asturias it seems to be used as an affectionate insult, if that makes sense.

Answer 2

Vates, we do not appreciate these kind of rude comments on this site:

Of course I'd check the dictionary before asking a question here... Your answers are irrelevant and it's obvious you have not understood what my question is. I know bicho means creature etc, I asked if it means something more when applied to an animal - Vates

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Marianne, I am sorry somebody flagged your answer. I hope it was not vates himself. I would consider that extremely rude.

Answer 3

Bicho in Spain, definitely means bug or "critter" (unlike bug in English, it doesn't seem to mean just insects). The title of the Disney movie, "Bugz", was translated as "Bichos" in Spain. However, in Puerto Rico, we've discovered it means something else (it's a slang term for a part of the male anatomy). A funny story: one of my wife's relatives was visiting Puerto Rico, and got a lot of insect bites visiting the Yunque rainforest... afterwards, when he went to a pharmacy to get something for the pain and itching, everybody started laughing when he explained that he had been attacked by many "bichos"!

Answer 4

Well... after reading this I'm gonna try to not give you one "irrelevant answer"... (nothing is irrevelant when you are learning).

Bicho is a bug, bugs get everywhere and normally people don't like bugs because they are "bad"; bugs eat the vegetables from the fields, they can get everywhere because of their size and they are especially 'sneaky'.

If you call someone a bug is a kind of affective insult like if you say it to a dog or a children: "¡Qué bicho es!" means is bad/sneaky boy but not meanning it in a bad way.

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nice answer ziz;) - 00494d19, Mar 5, 2010

At least in Spain, it can also be used as a term of affection... my wife (who is Spanish) calls me "mi bicho", and our children "mis bichos"... it's kind of like a French person calling somebody "mon petit choux" (my little cabbage) - Mithrandir, Oct 26, 2011

Answer 5

It is my understanding that Bicho is a female dog in the breeding years. I might be all wet so will wait for some more informed people to put in their 2 cents worth.

That's an odd one. I could be wrong, but I certainly have never heard this use, and somehow find it very unlikely. - Gekkosan, Mar 5, 2010

No, that's totally incorrect (that's Spanglish!). A female dog is "perra" (which may or may not be used as a bad word... for veterinarians [like my father was], or dog breeders, it's a common term) - Mithrandir, Oct 26, 2011

Answer 6

According to the dictionary it means "beast, animal, bug, creature, etc."

For Puerto Ricans it may mean something totally different!

It wasn't obvious that you checked the dictionary until you edited your question to say that you did. - --Mariana--, Mar 5, 2010

Yeah... I'm Puerto Rican and love to watch little kid shows or stuff like that from Mexico just to hear them say "MIRA AL BICHO!" or something. Just to laugh. I'll end this useless comment now, glad OP got the answer (: - maddiekinzzz, May 11, 2010

Answer 7

Bicho means bug