charco

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾko/ [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɾko
• Hyphenation: char‧co

charco m (plural charcos)

1. puddle
2. quagmire

• charca
• charquento

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “charco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “charco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “charco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Unknown. Possibly from a pre-Roman Paleo-Hispanic substrate,^[1] or from North Germanic/Scandinavian flark.^[2] Compare Spanish charco, from which it could have been borrowed.^[3]

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾku, (most of Brazil) -aʁku
• Hyphenation: char‧co

charco m (plural charcos)

1. puddle, pool
2. quagmire

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

• encharcar

• “charco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• 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, the River Plate, etc.)

   cruzar el charco ― go across the pond

• “charco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024