Variant forms.

barra (pluralbarras)

1. (Geordie) Abarrow; ahand-pushedcart of the type commonly used inmarkets.

• barra boy(Geordie)

Clipping ofbarramundi

barra (pluralbarras)

1. (Australia) Abarramundi.
   • 2006,Alexis Wright,Carpentaria, Giramondo, published2012, page281:

     ‘Nice fish,’ Norm said, looking at four charred-bakedbarra covered in fire ash stuffed into the bucket.

• IPA^(key):/barˈra/ [bʌrˈrʌ]
• Hyphenation:bar‧ra

barrá f (plural agábu m or agaabá f)

1. (Southern dialects)woman
2. (Southern dialects)wife

• agboytá(Northern dialects)

• (diminutives):barraytó,barráytu(“wimp, weak person”)(all dialects)

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “barra”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London,→ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015)L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

barra

1. definitenominativesingular ofbarrë

Inherited fromVulgar Latin*barra, possibly fromGaulish*barros(“the bushy end”), cognate withFrenchbarre andEnglishbar.Doublet ofbar.

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈba.rə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈba.ra]

barra f (pluralbarres)

1. bar(metal item)

   barra fixa ―highbar

   barra d'eines ―toolbar

2. barcounter,wet bar
3. barbell
4. (ballet)bar
5. loaf(of bread)

   barra de pa ―baguette

6. bar(of chocolate)
7. (anatomy)jawbone,mandible
8. (figurative)cheek,impudence,audacity

   tenirbarra ―to have anerve

9. (heraldry)bend sinister

• “barra” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “barra” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “barra”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025

barra

1. inflection ofbarrar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• IPA^(key):/ba.ʁa/

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barra

1. third-personsingular past historic ofbarrer

barra m (pluralbarras)

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   • 2021 April 9, chapter 123 (0:14 from the start), OldPee (lyrics)‎^[2]:

     Glock pour les tracas, dans les placards, c’est la cata
     D’puis l’temps, tu lebarra, pour lesbarras, j’veux ma part

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2024 April 17, “Les vitesses” (0:41 from the start), Batbat (lyrics)‎^[3]:

     Lebarra c’est top, on fait ça carré et pe-pro

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

• IPA^(key):/ˈbara̝/

FromPaleo-Hispanic, fromProto-Celtic*barros(“top, summit”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰers-(“point”). Cognate withIrishbarr(“top, tip, summit”).

barra f (pluralbarras)

1. loft orplatform, usually inside the house or the stables, used for storing items
2. attic
3. vinearbour
   • 1424, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.),Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), separata de Estudios Mindonienses, page 292:

     a mitade do noso lagar con sua casa etbarra et entradas et seidas

     half our winery with its house, itsvine arbour, entries and exits

• barrela(“lumberroom”)

• combarro(“garner; penthouse”)

FromVulgar Latinbarra, perhaps fromGaulish.Doublet ofbar.

barra f (pluralbarras)

1. sandbank

   Synonyms:banco de area,restinga,taro

2. bar
3. (iron)rod
4. slash("/" symbol)
5. (heraldry)bend sinister

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barra”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “barra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barra”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barra 'parra'”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barra”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barra”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

• IPA^(key):/ˈbˠaɾˠə/^[1]

FromMiddle Englishbarre, fromOld Frenchbarre(“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), fromVulgar Latin*barra, of uncertain origin.

barra m (genitive singularbarra,nominative pluralbarraí)

1. bar
2. (geography)(sand)bar
3. (law) bar
4. (music) bar
5. (sewing)tack

barra m (genitive singularbarra,nominative pluralbarraí)

1. Alternative form ofbara(“barrow”)

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

barra m

1. inflection ofbarr:
   1. variantgenitivesingular
   2. nominative/vocative/dativeplural

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barra”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “barra”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “barra”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge,2013-2025

• IPA^(key):/ˈbar.ra/
• Rhymes:-arra
• Hyphenation:bàr‧ra

FromVulgar Latin*barra, possibly fromGaulish*barros(“the bushy end”).Doublet ofbar.

barra f (pluralbarre)

1. rod,bar,slat
2. helm,tiller
3. stroke,slash('/' symbol)
4. tray(computer)
5. (zoology, horse anatomy)bar(inward folds of the wall of a horse hoof)

• zoccolo
• fettone
• muraglia
• suola

barra

1. inflection ofbarrare:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• barra in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

FromArabicبَرًّا(barran,“outside”). CompareEgyptian Arabicبرا(barra) and the same in many or most dialects.

• IPA^(key):/ˈbar.ra/
• Rhymes:-arra

barra

1. out,outside,outdoors
2. abroad

barra

1. outside (of)
2. except

• (Rio Grande do Sul)IPA^(key):/ˈba.ʀa/
• Rhymes:-aʁɐ
• Homophone:varra(Porto)
• Hyphenation:bar‧ra

FromVulgar Latin*barra, possibly fromGaulish*barros(“the bushy end”), cognate withFrenchbarre andEnglishbar.Doublet ofbar.

barra f (pluralbarras)

1. bar(solid object with uniform cross-section)
2. bar,ingot
3. cuff(the end of a pants leg, folded up)
4. (typography)slash
5. (heraldry)bend sinister
6. (sports)crossbar
7. (geography)bar(ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance)

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:barra.

barra

1. inflection ofbarrar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative
2. third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofbarrir

• IPA^(key):/ˈparˠə/

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

barra m

1. spike
2. bar
3. Court of Justice
4. sandbank

• barra-mhìslein m(“common bird's foot trefoil”)

barra m

1. genitivesingular ofbàrr

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “barra”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited,→ISBN

FromProto-Cushitic. Cognates includeHadiyyaballa andKambaatabara.

• IPA^(key):/ˈbaɾːa/
• Hyphenation:bar‧ra

barra m 

1. day
2. time

barra

1. (intransitive) tobe late

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007)A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “barra”, inSidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

• IPA^(key):/ˈbara/[ˈba.ra]
• Rhymes:-ara
• Syllabification:ba‧rra

Inherited fromVulgar Latin*barra, possibly fromGaulish*barros(“the bushy end”), cognate withFrenchbarre andEnglishbar.Doublet ofbar.

barra f (pluralbarras)

1. bar,rod(a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)
2. bar(a counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.)
3. (typography)bar(various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in¹⁄₂))

   Synonyms:(|)barra vertical,(¹⁄₂)barra de fracción

4. slash("/" symbol)

   Synonyms:barra inclinada,barra oblicua

5. (computing,rare,proscribed)backslash("\" symbol)

   Synonyms:barra invertida,barra inversa

6. (heraldry)bend sinister
7. (exercise,weightlifting)barbell
8. fan,crowd,supporter, especially political

   Synonym:porra

9. Ellipsis ofbarra de pan.

barra

1. inflection ofbarrer:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative
2. inflection ofbarrar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• “barra”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

barr(“needle”) +‎-a

barra (presentbarrar,preteritebarrade,supinebarrat,imperativebarra)

1. (of a conifer, especially aChristmas tree) to drop one'sneedles

   Vår granbarrar så fort någon petar på den.

   Our Christmas treesheds its needles as soon as someone pokes it.

• barr
• barrning