alverca

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic البِرْكَة (al-birka, “pond, tank”). Compare Spanish alberca. === Pronunciation === Homophone: Alverca Hyphenation: al‧ver‧ca === Noun === alverca f (plural alvercas) marsh Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano water tank fishpond ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “alverca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026