A pool or pond, particularly in Spanish-speaking regions; a body of standing water in dry areas.
From Spanish charco, related to charca, both deriving from pre-Roman Iberian languages describing water features in the Iberian Peninsula.
The slight spelling variation between 'charco' and 'charca' shows how Spanish regional dialects and English borrowing created multiple versions—neither is wrong, just different.
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