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Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /barena/
- Rhymes: -ena
- Hyphenation: ba‧rre‧na
Etymology 1
Postposition
barrena
- through
- landan barrena ― through the countryside
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish barrena.
Noun
barrena inan
- drill
Declension
Declension of barrena (inanimate, ending in -a)
Etymology 3
Adjective
barrena
- absolutive singular of barren
Noun
barrena
- 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)
- drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece
- Synonyms: barreno, taladro, taladrador
- tailspin
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
barrena
- inflection of barrenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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