charca

See also: Charca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʁ.kɐ/ [ˈʃah.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʁ.kɐ/ [ˈʃah.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʁ.kɐ/ [ˈʃaχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɻ.ka/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɾ.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɾ.kɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: char‧ca

Noun

charca f (plural charcas)

1. Synonym of charco: swamp, marsh

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

2. a species of bird

Spanish

Etymology

Related to charco (“pool, puddle”), a word usually considered imitative, but it could also be a borrowing from Basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾka/ [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -aɾka
• Syllabification: char‧ca

Noun

charca f (plural charcas)

1. pond, pool (smaller than laguna)
2. (big) puddle, marshy area

Related terms

• charco

 

Further reading

• “charca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014