charco

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾko̝/

charco m (plural charcos)

1. puddle
2. quagmire

• charca
• charquento

• “charco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “charco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “charco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Unknown. Possibly pre-Romanic[1] or from Scandinavian flark.[2] Compare Spanish charco.

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.ku]
• Hyphenation: char‧co

charco m (plural charcos)

1. puddle, pool
2. quagmire

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

• encharcar

• “charco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• charco on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Usually considered imitative, but it could also be a borrowing from Basque.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾko/ [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.ko]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -aɾko
• Syllabification: char‧co

charco m (plural charcos)

1. puddle, pool
2. (colloquial) the pond (i.e., the Atlantic Ocean)

   cruzar el charco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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