barraca

barraca

Catalan

Etymology

Diminutive of barra (“clay, mud”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, probably ultimately from Celtiberian or a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bəˈra.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /baˈra.ka/

Noun

barraca f (plural barraques)

1. hut, tent
2. storage shed
3. market stall
4. barrack

Derived terms

• barraquer

Descendants

• → French: baraque (see there for further descendants)
• → Portuguese: barraca (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: barraca

References

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
2. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*barra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1: A–B, page 260

Further reading

• “barraca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “barraca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “barraca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “barraca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Catalan barraca; see barro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈʁa.kɐ/ [baˈha.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈʁa.kɐ/ [baˈha.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈʁa.kɐ/ [baˈχa.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈʁa.ka/ [baˈha.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈʁa.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧ca

Noun

barraca f (plural barracas)

1. tent
2. hut
3. stall (at the fair)
4. sunshade

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બરાક (barāk)

Further reading

• “barraca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Catalan barraca; see barro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈraka/ [baˈra.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ba‧rra‧ca

Noun

barraca f (plural barracas)

1. barrack
2. tent, hut

   Synonyms: choza, cabaña

3. storage shed

Derived terms

• abarracar

Descendants

• → Italian: barraca
  • → Turkish: baraka

Further reading

• “barraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014