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Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈrejɾa/
- Rhymes: -ejɾa
- Hyphenation: ba‧rrei‧ra
Etymology 1
Barro (“mud, clay”) + -eiro.
Noun
barreira f (plural barreiras)
- slough (muddy area)
- clay pit (quarry where clay is extracted)
- cliff, drop, ravine
- (soccer) wall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Barra (“bar”) + -eiro.
Noun
barreira f (plural barreiras)
- barrier, barricade
- hurdle, fence, parapet
Further reading
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barreira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barreira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barreira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barreira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barreira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese barreira. By surface analysis, barra + -eira.
Pronunciation
Noun
barreira f (plural barreiras)
- barrier
- hurdle
- (soccer) wall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)