"perca" meaning in Portuguese

See perca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛʁ.kɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈpɛh.kɐ] [Brazil], /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈpɛʁ.kɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈpɛχ.kɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈpɛɻ.kɐ/ [Caipira], /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: percas [plural]
Etymology: From Latin perca (“perch”), from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|:der|la:perca|id=fish}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "colored", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*perḱ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πέρκη", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "perca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "perca", "lang" : "pt" }" data-id="fish" data-lang="pt" data-title="perca" id="Portuguese:_fish">, {{der|pt|la|perca||perch}} Latin perca (“perch”), {{der|pt|grc|πέρκη||perch}} Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} perca f (plural percas)
  1. perch (fish in the genus Perca) Tags: feminine Derived forms: perca do Nilo
    Sense id: en-perca-pt-noun-QzTzkDVA Categories (other): Portuguese entries with etymon, Fish Disambiguation of Fish: 84 0 7 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈpeh.kɐ] [Brazil], /ˈpeɾ.kɐ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈpeχ.kɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈpeɻ.kɐ/ [Caipira], /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: percas [plural], pêrca [alternative]
Etymology: From inflected form of perder (“to lose”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|pt|loss}} Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} perca f (plural percas)
  1. (proscribed) synonym of perda Tags: feminine, proscribed Synonyms: perda [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-perca-pt-noun-KlOatliu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈpeh.kɐ] [Brazil], /ˈpeɾ.kɐ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈpeʁ.kɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈpeχ.kɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈpeɻ.kɐ/ [Caipira], /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: pêrca [alternative]
Etymology templates: {{etymid|pt|lose}} Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} perca
  1. inflection of perder:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: perder
    Sense id: en-perca-pt-verb-jlE3vuwE Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 6 18 4 6 13 12 9 2 18 1 10 1 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 60 15
  2. inflection of perder:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: perder
    Sense id: en-perca-pt-verb-TxfXp28V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(proscribed) synonym of perda"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "perda"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeʁ.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpeh.kɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɾ.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeʁ.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpeχ.kɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɻ.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Caipira"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "perca"
}

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