charque

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃaʁ.ki/ [ˈʃah.ki]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈʃaɾ.ki/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʃaʁ.ki/ [ˈʃaχ.ki]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃaɻ.ke/
 

Noun

charque m (plural charques)

  1. (Brazil) jerky (lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)

Descendants

  • Hunsrik: Scharke

References

  1. ^ charque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ charque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾke/ [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.ke]
  • Rhymes: -aɾke
  • Syllabification: char‧que

Noun

charque m (plural charques)

  1. alternative form of charqui

Derived terms

Further reading