alverca

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic البِرْكَة (al-birka, “pond, tank”).^[1]^[2] Compare Spanish alberca.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈvɛʁ.kɐ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈvɛɾ.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈvɛʁ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈvɛɻ.ka/

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

Homophone: Alverca
Hyphenation: al‧ver‧ca

Noun

alverca f (plural alvercas)

Derived terms

References

^ “alverca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “alverca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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