perca

Learned borrowing from Latin perca.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɛr.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpeɾ.ka]

perca f (plural perques)

1. perch

• perca americana

• “perca”, 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

perca

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of perder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Hindustani (Urdu پارچہ (pārca, “scrap, rag, cloth”), Hindi पारचा (pārcā, “scrap, rag, cloth”)), from Persian پارچه (pârče, “piece, cloth”), the diminutive of پاره (pâre).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [pərˈt͡ʃa]
• Hyphenation: pêrca

pêrca (plural perca-perca)

1. cloth from remainder fabric

• “perca”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛrka
• Hyphenation: pèr‧ca

perca f (plural perche)

1. (zoology, ichthyology) perch, Perca fluviatilis

• capre, carpe, crepa

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.ka]

perca f (genitive percae); first declension

1. a perch (fish)
   • 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.

• “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “perca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch (fish in the genus Perca)

• perca do Nilo

• pêrca (pre-reform spelling)

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

perca

1. inflection of perder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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

• pêrca (pre-reform spelling)

• Hyphenation: per‧ca

perca f (plural percas)

1. (proscribed) synonym of perda

• “perca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “perca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾka/ [ˈpeɾ.ka]

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• Rhymes: -eɾka
• Syllabification: per‧ca

perca f (plural percas)

1. perch, Perca fluviatilis

   Synonyms: robalo, róbalo, lubina

2. bass

• “perca”, 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