carqueja

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈke.ʒɐ/ [kahˈke.ʒɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈke.ʒɐ/ [kahˈke.ʒɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈke.ʒɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈke.ʒɐ/ [kaχˈke.ʒɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈke.ʒa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈkɐ(j).ʒɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈkɐ(j).ʒɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈke.ʒɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈke.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈke.ʒɐ/

Noun

carqueja f (plural carquejas)

1. Genista tridentata, a plant native to the Iberian peninsula
2. (Brazil) any of the genus Baccharis of broom-like plants, native to South America, in particular Baccharis trimera
3. (Brazil) Synonym of fúlica (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Further reading

• “carqueja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “carqueja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈkexa/ [kaɾˈke.xa]
• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: car‧que‧ja

Noun

carqueja f (plural carquejas)

1. any of a number of plants:
   1. any of the genus Baccharis of broom-like plants, native to South America, in particular of species:
      1. Baccharis articulata
      2. Baccharis genistelloides (syn. Baccharis trimera)
   2. Genista tridentata, native to the Iberian peninsula
   3. Ulex europaeus (gorse), native to Europe

Further reading

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