alverca
Portuguese, noun/awˈvɛʁ.kɐ/
alverca is spelled A-L-V-E-R-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alverca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “marsh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terreno alagadiço”.
What does alverca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemarsh
- 2
femininewater tank
- 3
femininefishpond
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. terreno alagadiço 2. pequeno tanque
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alverca
- alvercas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alverca?
- Brazil /awˈvɛʁ.kɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈvɛh.kɐ]
- /awˈvɛɾ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alverca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alverca in Portuguese?
alverca appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).