bicicleta

See also: bicicletă

Asturian

Etymology

From French bicyclette.

Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)

1. bicycle

   Synonym: bici

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicyclette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bi.siˈklɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bi.siˈklə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bi.siˈkle.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)

1. bicycle

Derived terms

• bicicleta de muntanya
• bicicleta estàtica
• manxa de bicicleta

Related terms

• bici
• tricicle

Further reading

• “bicicleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bicicleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bicicleta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bicicleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From French bicyclette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. bicycle

   Synonym: bici

Further reading

• “bicicleta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Occitan

Etymology

From French bicyclette. From the 19th century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas) (Languedoc, Limousin)

1. bicycle

   Synonyms: vèlo (Languedoc), velò (Limousin)

Related terms

• velocipède

 

See also

• ciclista

 

Portuguese

uma bicicleta

pontapé de bicicleta

Alternative forms

• biciclete

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicyclette, from Latin bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.tɐ/, /bɨ.siˈklɛ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta

Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. bicycle (vehicle)
2. (soccer) bicycle kick (a kick in which the kicker leans backwards and kicks the ball back over his head)

Derived terms

• bicla
• bici

Related terms

• velocípede, triciclo, motocicleta

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bit͡ʃiˈkleta]

Noun

bicicleta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bicicletă

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicyclette, from Latin bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /biθiˈkleta/ [bi.θiˈkle.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /bisiˈkleta/ [bi.siˈkle.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta

Noun

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. (exercise, vehicles) bicycle, pushbike, cycle

   Synonyms: bici; see also Thesaurus:bicicleta

   andar/montar en bicicleta ― to ride a bike

2. (soccer) step over, pedalada (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)
3. (climbing) bicycle

Usage notes

• (soccer): Bicicleta is a false friend, and does not mean bicycle kick. The Spanish word for bicycle kick is chilena.

Hyponyms

• bicicleta balona
• bicicleta de montaña
• bicicleta de reparto
• bicicleta elíptica
• bicicleta estática
• bicicleta fija (“exercise bike”)

 

Derived terms

• aparcabicicletas
• bici
• bicicleta financiera
• bicicletada
• si mi abuela tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta

 

Related terms

• triciclo

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bisikleta
• → Hiligaynon: bisikleta
• → Tagalog: bisikleta

Further reading

• “bicicleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• bicicleta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es