berça

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁ.sa/

Verb

berça

1. third-person singular past historic of bercer

Anagrams

• cabre, cabré, crabe

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese verça (likely via Galician verza or a northern pronunciation), from Vulgar Latin *virdia, from Latin viridia, neuter plural of viridis. Compare Spanish berza, Italian verza, Romanian varză.

Alternative forms

• verça

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.sɐ/ [ˈbeh.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.sɐ/ [ˈbeh.sɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.sɐ/ [ˈbeχ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɻ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.sɐ/

• Hyphenation: ber‧ça

Noun

berça f (plural berças)

1. collard greens

   Synonym: couve

Derived terms

• berças

Related terms

• verde

Etymology 2

Verb

berça

1. inflection of berçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative