barro
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈba.ro/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈba.ru/
Verb
barro
- first-person singular present indicative form of barrar
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
Cognate with Portuguese barro, Asturian barru and Spanish barro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaro̝/
Noun
barro m (plural barros)
- mud
- Synonym: lama
- clay
- 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 445:
- cinco mil ladrillos ben cozidos e de boo barro
- five thousand bricks, correctly fired and made of good clay
- cinco mil ladrillos ben cozidos e de boo barro
- Synonym: arxila
- 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 445:
Derived terms
- Barredo
- barreira
- Barreira
- Barreiras
- barreiro
- Barrosa
- Barrosas
- Barroso
Noun
barro
- Archaic form of barrio.
Derived terms
- Barral
- Barreal
- Barro
- Dobarro
References
- “barro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “barro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “barro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “barro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “barro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbar.ro/
- Rhymes: -arro
- Hyphenation: bàr‧ro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish barro (“mud; clay”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Noun
barro m (plural barri)
- (uncountable) a clay used to make pottery
- Synonym: bucchero
- a piece of pottery made from this clay
- Synonym: bucchero
Etymology 2
Gender change from barra (“helm, tiller”).
Noun
barro m (plural barri)
- (nautical) boom
- Synonym: boma
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
barro
- first-person singular present indicative of barrare
Further reading
- barro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- barro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- borra
Ladino
Noun
barro m (Latin spelling)
- clay
Adjective
barro (Latin spelling)
- earthen
Latin
Noun
barrō
- dative/ablative singular of barrus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.ʁo/ [ˈba.ho]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈba.ʁu/
- Rhymes: -aʁu
- Hyphenation: bar‧ro
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
Cognate with Galician, Mirandese, and Spanish barro, Asturian barru.
Noun
barro m (plural barros)
- mud
- clay
- Synonym: argila
Verb
barro
- first-person singular present indicative of barrar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaro/ [ˈba.ro]
- Rhymes: -aro
- Syllabification: ba‧rro
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
Noun
barro m (plural barros)
- (geology) mud
- Synonyms: fango, lodo
- (materials) clay
- Synonym: arcilla
Derived terms
- embarrar (verb)
- pelea de barro
- pies de barro
- guardabarros
- salvabarros
See also
- limo m
Etymology 2
From Latin varus (“pustule in the face”).
Noun
barro m (plural barros)
- (dermatology) pustule (caused by acne), closed comedo
See also
- comedón m
- espinilla f
Etymology 3
See barrer.
Verb
barro
- first-person singular present indicative of barrer
Etymology 4
See barrar
Verb
barro
- first-person singular present indicative of barrar
Further reading
- “barro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- árbor, borra, obrar, robar