carca

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish carca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈkar.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkaɾ.ka] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈkar.ka] === Noun === carca m or f by sense (plural carques) (derogatory) Carlist Synonym: carlí (by extension) reactionary, narrow-minded person === Adjective === carca m or f (masculine and feminine plural carques) reactionary === Further reading === “carca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “carca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “carca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkar.ka/ Rhymes: -arka Hyphenation: càr‧ca === Adjective === carca feminine singular of carco == Portuguese == === Verb === carca inflection of carcar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Etymology === Clipping of carcamal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaɾka/ [ˈkaɾ.ka] Rhymes: -aɾka Syllabification: car‧ca === Adjective === carca m or f (masculine and feminine plural carcas) (Spain, derogatory) narrow-minded, reactionary Synonym: reaccionario === Noun === carca m or f by sense (plural carcas) (Spain, derogatory) narrow-minded person, reactionary ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: carca === See also === carroza (informal) pollavieja (informal, neologism) === Further reading === “carca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025