parca

See also: parça, parcă, parcâ, and Parca

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpar.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpaɾ.ka]

Noun

parca f (plural parques)

1. a being that personifies death

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ka/
• Rhymes: -arka
• Hyphenation: pàr‧ca

Etymology 1

Adjective

parca f sg

1. feminine singular of parco

Etymology 2

Verb

parca

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

Anagrams

• capra, carpa

Latin

Pronunciation

• parca: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ka/, [ˈpärkä]
• parca: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ka/, [ˈpärkä]
• parcā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.kaː/, [ˈpärkäː]
• parcā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ka/, [ˈpärkä]

Adjective

parca

1. inflection of parcus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

parcā

1. ablative feminine singular of parcus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpah.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpah.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.kɐ/ [ˈpaχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: par‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English parka, itself borrowed from Russian парка (parka).

Noun

parca f (plural parcas)

1. parka

Alternative forms

• parka (proscribed)

Etymology 2

Adjective

parca

1. feminine singular of parco

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [parˈka]

• Audio:

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Verb

a parca (third-person singular present parchează, past participle parcat) 1st conj.

1. to park

Conjugation

    conjugation of parca (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a parca
gerund			parcând
past participle			parcat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	parchez	parchezi	parchează	parcăm	parcați	parchează
	imperfect	parcam	parcai	parca	parcam	parcați	parcau
	simple perfect	parcai	parcași	parcă	parcarăm	parcarăți	parcară
	pluperfect	parcasem	parcaseși	parcase	parcaserăm	parcaserăți	parcaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să parchez	să parchezi	să parcheze	să parcăm	să parcați	să parcheze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		parchează			parcați
	negative		nu parca			nu parcați

Derived terms

• parcare

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾka/ [ˈpaɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -aɾka
• Syllabification: par‧ca

Noun

la parca f (uncountable)

1. (poetic) personification of death
2. one of the Fates

Adjective

parca

1. feminine singular of parco

Further reading

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