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Italian
Etymology 1
From Old Venetian baro (“uncultivated land”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈrɛ.na/, (traditional) /baˈre.na/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛna, (traditional) -ena
- Hyphenation: ba‧rè‧na, (traditional) ba‧ré‧na
Noun
barena f (plural barene)
- bank, sandbank
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish barrena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈrɛ.na/, /baˈre.na/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
- Hyphenation: ba‧rè‧na, ba‧ré‧na
Noun
barena f (plural barene)
- Alternative form of bareno
References
Pangasinan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish barrena.
Pronunciation
Noun
barena
- drill; auger
Verb
barena
- to drill holes
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish barrena, from Mozarabic barrina, from Late Latin veruina (“long javelin”), from Latin veru (“javelin”). Doublet of balina.
Pronunciation
Noun
barena (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜒᜈ)
- drill; auger (instrument for creating holes)
- Synonyms: balibol, (obsolete) balina
- act of drilling with an auger or drill
- (figurative) lapse of distemper; moment of unreasonable anger
- Synonym: kulukyo
Derived terms
Further reading
- “barena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018