barca

/ˈbaɾka/ · B2 · noun · f

small boat

⛵ barca = sounds like BARK-a: a tiny boat is a bark (old word for boat)

Spanish barca is a small boat. English has the related old word bark (barque), a sailing vessel, from the same Latin root barca. Link the two: bark and barca both name a boat.

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