bicicleta

Borrowed from French bicyclette.

• IPA^(key): /biθiˈkleta/
• IPA^(key): /bisiˈkleta/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta
• Rhymes: -eta

bicicleta f

1. bicycle

• becicleta

• bicicleta de montanya
• bicicleta estatica
• mancha de bicicleta

• bici
• tricicle

From French bicyclette.

bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)

1. bicycle

   Synonym: bici

Borrowed from French bicyclette.

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

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bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)

1. bicycle

• bicicleta de muntanya
• bicicleta estàtica
• manxa de bicicleta

• bici
• tricicle

• “bicicleta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bicicleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

From Spanish bicicleta.

• IPA^(key): /bisiˈkleta/, [bi.siˈkle.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta

bicicleta

1. bicycle

From French bicyclette.

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

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. bicycle

   Synonym: bici

• “bicicleta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bicicleta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bicicleta” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bicicleta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From French bicyclette. From the 19th century.^[1]

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bicicleta f (plural bicicletas) (Languedoc, Limousin)

1. bicycle

   Synonyms: vèlo (Languedoc), velò (Limousin)

• biciclete

Borrowed from French bicyclette,^[1][2] from Latin bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).

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

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)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) pontapé de bicicleta, (Brazil) chute de bicicleta

• IPA^(key): [bit͡ʃiˈkleta]

bicicleta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bicicletă

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

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

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

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

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

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

• “bicicleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• bicicleta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es