barrena
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /barena/ [ba.re.na]
- Rhymes: -ena, -a
- Hyphenation: ba‧rre‧na
Etymology 1
Postposition
barrena
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish barrena.
Noun
barrena inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | barrena | barrena | barrenak | barrenok |
| ergative | barrenak | barrenak | barrenek | barrenok |
| dative | barrenari | barrenari | barrenei | barrenoi |
| genitive | barrenaren | barrenaren | barrenen | barrenon |
| comitative | barrenarekin | barrenarekin | barrenekin | barrenokin |
| causative | barrenarengatik | barrenarengatik | barrenengatik | barrenongatik |
| benefactive | barrenarentzat | barrenarentzat | barrenentzat | barrenontzat |
| instrumental | barrenaz | barrenaz | barrenez | barrenotaz |
| innesive | barrenatan | barrenan | barrenetan | barrenotan |
| locative | barrenatako | barrenako | barrenetako | barrenotako |
| allative | barrenatara | barrenara | barrenetara | barrenotara |
| terminative | barrenataraino | barrenaraino | barrenetaraino | barrenotaraino |
| directive | barrenatarantz | barrenarantz | barrenetarantz | barrenotarantz |
| destinative | barrenatarako | barrenarako | barrenetarako | barrenotarako |
| ablative | barrenatatik | barrenatik | barrenetatik | barrenotatik |
| partitive | barrenarik | — | — | — |
| prolative | barrenatzat | — | — | — |
Etymology 3
Adjective
barrena
- absolutive singular of barren
Noun
barrena
- absolutive singular of barren
Further reading
- “barrena”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “barrena”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈrena/ [baˈre.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: ba‧rre‧na
Etymology 1
From Mozarabic barrina, from Late Latin veruina (“long javelin”), from Latin veru (“javelin”). Cognate with Catalan barrina.
Noun
barrena f (plural barrenas)
- drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece
- Synonyms: barreno, taladro, taladrador
- tailspin
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Tagalog: barena
Etymology 2
Verb
barrena
- inflection of barrenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “barrena”, 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