charque

Portuguese

Etymology

Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃaʁki/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃaɾkɨ/
  • Hyphenation: char‧que

Noun

charque m (plural charques)

  1. 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
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