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Barça
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barca Barca barcă Barča
English
Alternative forms
Barca
Etymology
en :bor ca:Barça 1
en ca Barça, clipping of ca Barcelona, shortened form of FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona, keeping the Catalan spelling rules. Since this football team is a symbol of the city of Barcelona, this word has been associated with the whole city, although it's wrong to use Barça to refer to the city itself; instead, one would use Barna.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɑɹsə/ GA
en /ˈbɑːsə/ RP
en Bar ça
Proper noun
en soccer en w:FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona.
Translations
Catalan: ca Barça m
French: fr Barça m
Portuguese: pt Barça m
Spanish: es Barça m
Anagrams
en aabcr Cabra
en Sports nicknames
Catalan
Etymology
ca :clip Barcelona
Clipping of ca Barcelona Barce[lona], shortened form of FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona, with eye dialect spelling for local pronunciation.
Pronunciation
ca [ˈbar.sɐ] Barcelona
ca aɾsa 2
Proper noun
m
ca soccer ca FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona
Descendants
1 en Barça
1 fr Barça
1 es Barça
ca Sports nicknames
French
Etymology
fr :bor ca:Barça 1
fr ca Barça, clipping of ca Barcelona.
The Catalan spelling, including the cedillated letter ⟨ç⟩, is retained in French, where ⟨ç⟩ is a standard letter used to represent the /s/ sound before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩, and ⟨u⟩.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
fr soccer en Barça
fr Sports nicknames
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor ca:Barça + 1
Pronunciation
pt aɾsɐ 2
pt Bar ça
Proper noun
m
pt soccer pt FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona
pt Sports nicknames
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor ca:Barça + 1
Pronunciation
barsa
Proper noun
m
es soccer es FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona
es Sports nicknames
Turkish
Proper noun
tr male