Polyglot Dictionary

bicho-preguiça

/ˌbiʃupɾeˈɡisɐ/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os bichos-preguiça

Meaning

  1. sloth

    Built from bicho (animal) + preguiça (laziness).

    • O bicho-preguiça dorme.

      The sloth sleeps.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • bicho animal
  • preguiça laziness

Practice

1 What does bicho-preguiça mean?

2 Fill the gap: O bicho-___ dorme.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bicho-preguiça?

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