barro

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See also: Barro, barró, barrò, and bárro

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

barro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

Cognate with Portuguese barro, Asturian barru and Spanish barro.

Pronunciation

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

  1. mud
    Synonym: lama
  2. clay
    Synonym: arxila
    • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 445:
      cinco mil ladrillos ben cozidos e de boo barro
      five thousand bricks, correctly fired and made of good clay
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

barro

  1. Archaic form of barrio.
Derived terms

References

  • “barro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “barro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “barro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “barro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “barro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbar.ro/
  • Rhymes: -arro
  • Hyphenation: bàr‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish barro (“mud; clay”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Noun

barro m (plural barri)

  1. (uncountable) a clay used to make pottery
    Synonym: bucchero
  2. a piece of pottery made from this clay
    Synonym: bucchero

Etymology 2

Gender change from barra (“helm, tiller”).

Noun

barro m (plural barri)

  1. (nautical) boom
    Synonym: boma

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of barrare

Further reading

  • barro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • barro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Ladino

Noun

barro m (Latin spelling)

  1. clay

Adjective

barro (Latin spelling)

  1. earthen

Latin

Noun

barrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of barrus

Portuguese

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barro

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aʁu
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ro

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

Cognate with Galician, Mirandese, and Spanish barro, Asturian barru.

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

  1. mud
  2. clay
    Synonym: argila

Etymology 2

Verb

barro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

Spanish

barro (mud)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaro/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Syllabification: ba‧rro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

  1. (geology) mud
    Synonyms: fango, lodo
  2. (materials) clay
    Synonym: arcilla
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Latin varus (“pustule in the face”).

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

  1. (dermatology) pustule (caused by acne), closed comedo

See also

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of barrer

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

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