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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French barrage.[1][2] By surface analysis, barrar (“to bar”) + -agem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʒẽj̃, (Portugal) -aʒɐ̃j̃
- Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧gem
Noun
barragem f (plural barragens)
- dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
- Synonym: represa
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