perca

From Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

perca f (plural perche)

1. (zoology, ichthyology) perch, Perca fluviatilis

From Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“spotted, speckled”),

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ka/, [ˈpɛr.ka]

perca f (genitive percae); first declension

1. a perch (fish)
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.40:

     […] similiter percae salsae e capite cinis melle addito […]

     Heads of salted perch, reduced to ashes, and applied with honey, are equally useful for the purpose.

First-declension noun.

• Catalan: perca
• English: perch
• French: perche
• Portuguese: perca
• Spanish: perca
• Translingual: Perca

• perca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• perca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

From inflected form of perder (“to lose”).

• pêrca (obsolete, rare)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾ.kɐ/

perca f (plural percas)

1. (proscribed) loss (an instance of losing objects or money)

• perda

perca

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of perder
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of perder
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of perder
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of perder

From Latin perca (“perch”), from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.kɐ/

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch (fish in the genus Perca)

• perca do Nilo

• IPA^(key): [ˈpe̞ɾ.ka̠]

From Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”).

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch, Perca fluviatilis
2. bass

• (perch): robalo, róbalo
• (perch): lubina

• perca amarilla
• perca del Nilo