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bicis

bikes, bicycles

noun BEE-sees Rare

Origin: Plural of bici, clipped from bicicleta.

Usage Note

Bicis is simply the plural of the informal bici. The seed lists the gender as masculine, but as a plural of the feminine noun bici, the word is feminine (las bicis). It is used freely in spoken Spanish wherever bicicletas would sound overly formal.

Examples

"Las bicis estaban aparcadas en la plaza."

Natural Translation

The bikes were parked in the square.

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