chácara

See also: Chácara

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chacra

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chácara, from Quechua chakra.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ka.ɾɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.kɐ.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.kɐ.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.kɐ.ɾɐ/

• Homophone: xácara
• Hyphenation: chá‧ca‧ra

Noun

chácara f (plural chácaras)

1. (Brazil) farm, farmstead

   Synonym: quinta

Derived terms

• leão de chácara

Further reading

• “chácara”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃakaɾa/ [ˈt͡ʃa.ka.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -akaɾa
• Syllabification: chá‧ca‧ra

Noun

chácara f (plural chácaras)

1. alternative form of chacra
2. (Guatemala) fruit orchard

Descendants

• → Portuguese: chácara

Further reading

• “chácara”, 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
• “chácara”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010