charca

See also: Charca

Portuguese

Etymology

See charco

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]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɻ.kɐ/

 

• (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

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)

1. pond, pool (smaller than laguna)
2. (big) puddle, marshy area
3. (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

• charco

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