barbacã

See also: barbacá

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /baʁ.baˈkɐ̃/ [baɦ.baˈkɐ̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /baɾ.baˈkɐ̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʁ.baˈkɐ̃/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /baɻ.baˈkɐ̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐɾ.bɐˈkɐ̃/ [bɐɾ.βɐˈkɐ̃]

Hyphenation: bar‧ba‧cã

Noun

barbacã f (plural barbacãs)

barbican (a tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)

Further reading

“barbacã”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“barbacã”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026