charca
See also: Charca
Portuguese
Etymology
See charco
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃaʁ.kɐ/ [ˈʃah.kɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈʃaɾ.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʃaʁ.kɐ/ [ˈʃaχ.kɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈʃaɻ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃaʁ.ka/ [ˈʃah.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
Further reading
- “charca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “charca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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)
- pond, pool (smaller than laguna)
- (big) puddle, marshy area
- (slang, derogatory, Spain) someone who follows trends without their own judgment
- Tu amigo Juan es muy charca, ha vuelto a pedir una smashburger sin pensarlo.
- Your friend Juan is very charca, he ordered a smashburger again without thinking twice.
Related terms
Further reading
- “charca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025