nounverb
la barca
boat
Piccolo mezzo che galleggia sull'acqua e serve per spostarsi o pescare.
Definition & meaning
Barca means boat: a relatively small vessel used for transport, fishing, or recreation.
It can also refer more loosely to a larger vessel, especially in everyday speech.
Grammar & Word origin
- Feminine noun: la barca
- Plural: le barche
- From Latin barca, meaning “boat.”
Synonyms & antonyms
- imbarcazione — a broader, more formal term for a vessel.
- natante — a technical term for a watercraft.
- nave — a ship, generally much larger than a barca; not an exact synonym.
There is no direct antonym.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
La barca è sul fiume.noun
The boat is on the river.
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