barriga

• IPA^(key): /baˈriɡa/ [baˈri.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: ba‧rri‧ga

barriga f (plural barrigues)

1. belly

From Spanish barriga (“belly”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈriɡa/, [baˈri.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: ba‧rri‧ga

barriga

1. stomach

   Synonym: estómago

• barrigón

From Old Galician-Portuguese barriga (13th century), from Old Occitan barrica.

• Hyphenation: ba‧rri‧ga

barriga f (plural barrigas)

1. belly, paunch

   Synonyms: bandullo, andorga, panza, ventre

2. swelling on a surface, wall

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “barriga”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barriga”, 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), “barriga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barriga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /bariɡa/

barriga

1. hundred

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barriga f (plural barrigas)

1. belly

• Galician: barriga
• Portuguese: barriga

• Universo Cantigas - "barriga"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese barriga, an alteration of barrica, from Old Occitan barrica. Compare Galician and Spanish barriga.

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• Rhymes: -iɡɐ
• Hyphenation: bar‧ri‧ga

barriga f (plural barrigas, diminutive barriguinha or barrigazinha, augmentative barrigona or barrigão m)

1. belly (abdomen)

   Synonyms: abdome / abdómen / abdômen, ventre, pança

• → Língua Geral Amazônica: marika
  • Nheengatu: marika

• “barriga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “barriga”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “barriga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “barriga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “barriga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Perhaps from barrica. Alternatively from Ancient Greek βᾰρῠ́ς (bărŭ́s, “heavy”), whence English bariatrics (“branch of medicine dealing with obesity”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈriɡa/ [baˈri.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: ba‧rri‧ga

barriga f (plural barrigas)

1. belly, paunch, tummy

   Synonym: panza

• “barriga”, 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

barriga

1. inflection of barrig:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural