barra americana
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Spanish
A breakfast bar with three chairs
A dance pole
Etymology
Literally, “American bar / pole”.
Noun
barra americana f (plural barras americanas)
- breakfast bar (a counter in a domestic kitchen at which light meals may be eaten, often seated on stools)
- 2016 August 3, “Ideas de cocina con barra americana, la tendencia en decoración”, in Antalia:
- Una barra americana en una cocina es chic. Así, sin preámbulos, ni tibiezas. Las barras americanas tienen algo de especial y simplemente, encantan.
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- dance pole (the pole used to make pole dance)
- 2016 October 20, “Todo lo que aprendí en mi primera clase de 'pole dance'”, in El Huffington Post:
- Llegué creyéndome Demi Moore en Striptease, una sensual camarera del El Bar Coyote y hasta Anita Obregón en Ana y los Siete, pero tras hora y media subida a una barra americana, la oscura realidad es que terminé con una pose más parecida a la de Lina Morgan enHostal Royal Manzanares.
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- Synonyms: baile en barra, baile de barra, baile del tubo, baile en tubo, baile del caño, baile en el caño
- (by extension) pole dance (a form of dancing and acrobatics centred on a pole)
Further reading
- “barra americana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28