barrena

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /barena/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rre‧na

Etymology 1

Postposition

barrena

  1. through
    landan barrenathrough the countryside

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish barrena.

Noun

barrena inan

  1. drill
Declension

Etymology 3

Adjective

barrena

  1. absolutive singular of barren

Noun

barrena

  1. absolutive singular of barren

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈrena/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: ba‧rre‧na

Etymology 1

From Mozarabic barrina, from Late Latin veruina (long javelin), from Latin veru (javelin). Cognate with Catalan barrina.

Noun

barrena f (plural barrenas)

  1. drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece
    Synonyms: barreno, taladro, taladrador
  2. tailspin
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tagalog: barena

Etymology 2

Verb

barrena

  1. inflection of barrenar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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