barra

Variant forms.

barra (plural barras)

1. (Geordie) A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.

• barra boy (Geordie)

Clipping of barramundi.

barra (plural barras)

1. (Australia) A barramundi.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 281:

     ‘Nice fish,’ Norm said, looking at four charred-baked barra 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
   • 2006, “Ruut 1:2 [Ruth 1:2]”, in Nabuwwa kee malikwa [Prophets and kings]‎^[1]:

     Too waqdi Alimelek deqsita num, lab-xayloh nammay kee barra gabat hayya heeh, Yuudâ-baaxok Beetlacam deqsitta magaalak Mooyab deqsita marih baaxo fan dulah gexe.

     So a man called Elimelek, he went together with two sons and a wife, he migrated from a town called Betlehem in Judea to the country of the nation called Moab.

Declension of barrá
absolutive	barrá
predicative	barrá
subjective	barrá
genitive	barrá
Postpositioned forms l-case barrál k-case barrák t-case barrát h-case barráh

• agboytá (Northern dialects)

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

• Mario Capomazza (1907), “barrà”, in La lingua degli Afar: Vocabulario Italiano-Dankalo e Dankalo-Italiano [The language of the Afar: Italian-Dankal and Dankal-Italian dictionary], Macerata: Unione Tipografica, page 116
• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “barra”, in An 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)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

barra

1. definite nominative singular of barrë

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar. Doublet of bar.

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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barra f (plural barres)

1. bar (metal item)

   barra fixa ― high bar

   barra d'eines ― toolbar

2. bar counter, 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

   tenir barra ― to have a nerve

9. (heraldry) bend sinister

• “barra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “barra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “barra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

barra

1. inflection of barrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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barra

1. third-person singular past historic of barrer

barra m (plural barras)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 2021 April 9, chapter 123 (0:14 from the start), OldPee (lyrics)‎^[3]:

     Glock pour les tracas, dans les placards, c'est la cata
     D'puis l'temps, tu le barra, pour les barras, j'veux ma part

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2024 April 17, “Les vitesses” (0:41 from the start), Batbat (lyrics)‎^[4]:

     Le barra c'est top, on fait ça carré et pe-pro

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbara̝/

From Paleo-Hispanic, from Proto-Celtic *barros (“top, summit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“point”). Cognate with Irish barr (“top, tip, summit”).

barra f (plural barras)

1. loft or platform, usually inside the house or the stables, used for storing items
2. attic
3. vine arbour
   • 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 et barra et entradas et seidas

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

• barrela (“lumberroom”)

• combarro (“garner; penthouse”)

From Vulgar Latin barra, perhaps from Gaulish. Doublet of bar.

barra f (plural barras)

1. sandbank

   Synonyms: banco de area, restinga, taro

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “barra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (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”, in Dicionario 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'”, in Tesouro 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”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaɾˠə/^[1]

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin.

barra m (genitive singular barra, nominative plural barraí)

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

barra m (genitive singular barra, nominative plural barraí)

1. alternative form of bara (“barrow”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

barra m

1. inflection of barr:
   1. variant genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative plural

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “barra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “barra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “barra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

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

From Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”). Doublet of bar.

barra f (plural barre)

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 of barrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran, “outside”). Compare Egyptian Arabic برا (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

From Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar. Doublet of bar.

barra f (plural barras)

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, see Citations:barra.

barra

1. inflection of barrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of barrir

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈparˠə/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

barra m

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

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

barra m

1. genitive singular of bàrr

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

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya balla and Kambaata bara.

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

barra m 

1. day
2. time

barra

1. (intransitive) to be late

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “barra”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

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

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar. Doublet of bar.

barra f (plural barras)

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 in ¹⁄₂))

   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 of barra de pan

barra

1. inflection of barrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of barrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “barra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

barr (“needle”) +‎ -a

barra (present barrar, preterite barrade, supine barrat, imperative barra)

1. (of a conifer, especially a Christmas tree) to drop one's needles

   Vår gran barrar så fort någon petar på den.

   Our Christmas tree sheds its needles as soon as someone pokes it.

• barr
• barrning