barco

See also: Barco and barĉo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbar.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbar.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbaɾ.ko]

Noun

barco m (plural barcos)

1. (Castilianism, nautical) boat

   Synonyms: vaixell, barca, nau

Usage notes

• Not accepted in the normative dictionary of IEC, but it is in normative dictionary of AVL, anyway this word is the colloquial general usage everywhere.

Further reading

• “barco” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “barco” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 10th century in Latin documents. From barca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾko/ [ˈbaɾ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɾko
• Hyphenation: bar‧co

Noun

barco m (plural barcos)

1. ship

   Synonyms: embarcación, nave

2. boat
3. barge

   Synonyms: barca, barcaza, batuxo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “barc-” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barco”, 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), “barco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

barco

Etymology

From barca (“barge”), from Latin barca, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “an Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship, type of fish”),

Compare English barque, barge.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʁ.ku/ [ˈbah.ku]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ.ku/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbah.ku/
• Hyphenation: bar‧co

Noun

barco m (plural barcos)

1. boat (water craft)

Usage notes

Barco refers to small- or mid-sized ships, as opposed to navio (a full-sized ship).

Related terms

• barca, embarcação, embarcar
• navio, nau, bote

Spanish

Etymology

From barca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾko/ [ˈbaɾ.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾko
• Syllabification: bar‧co

Noun

barco m (plural barcos)

1. boat (usually with a concave hull)

   Hyponyms: balsa, barca, barcaza, bote, buque, chalupa, embarcación, lancha, nave, navío, velero

Derived terms

• barco de vapor
• barco dragón
• barco lanzatorpedos
• barco pesquero
• barco pirata
• escote barco

 

Related terms

• barcaza
• barquero
• barquilla
• barquillo
• embarcación
• embarcar

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: barco
• → Cebuano: barko
• → Morelos Nahuatl: barko
• → Tagalog: barko

Further reading

• “barco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28