barco

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ.kʊ/

barco m (plural barcos)

1. ship

   Synonyms: embarcación, nave

2. boat
3. barge

   Synonyms: barca, barcaza, batuxo

• “barco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “barc-” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “barco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “barco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “barco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

Compare English barque, barge.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ.ku/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɹ.ku/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɻ.ko/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /ˈbaχ.ku/
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ˈbah.ku/

barco m (plural barcos)

1. boat (water craft)

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

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

See barca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbarko/

barco m (plural barcos)

1. boat

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