charque

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʁ.ki/ [ˈʃah.ki]

• (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/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɾ.kɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɾ.kɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾ.kɨ/

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.kɨ]
• Hyphenation: char‧que

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

Spanish

Noun

charque m (plural charques)

1. Alternative form of charqui

Derived terms

• charquear

 

Further reading

• “charque”, 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