charca

See also: Charca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Hyphenation: char‧ca

Noun

charca f (plural charcas)

Synonym of charco: swamp, marsh
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano
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.

Noun

charca f (plural charcas)

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

Related terms

charco

Further reading

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

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