Barça

See also: barca, Barca, barcă, and Barča

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened form of Futbol Club Barcelona, keeping the Catalan spelling rules. Since this football team is a symbol of the city of Barcelona, this word has been associated with the whole city, although it's wrong to use Barça to refer to the city itself; instead, one would use Barna.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Barça

  1. (soccer) Clipping of Futbol Club Barcelona.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Clipping of Barce[lona], shortened form of Futbol Club Barcelona, with eye dialect spelling for local pronunciation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbar.sə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈbaɾ.sa]
  • IPA(key): (Barcelona) [ˈbar.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾsa

Proper noun

Barça m

  1. (soccer) clipping of Futbol Club Barcelona

Portuguese

Etymology

From Catalan Barça.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈbah.sɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈbaɾ.sɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈbaχ.sɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaɻ.sa/

  • Hyphenation: Bar‧ça

Proper noun

Barça m

  1. (soccer) clipping of Futbol Club Barcelona

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾsa/ [ˈbaɾ.sa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾsa

Proper noun

Barça m

  1. (soccer) clipping of Futbol Club Barcelona

Turkish

Proper noun

Barça

  1. a male given name