barro

See also: Barro, barró, barrò, and bárro

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈba.ro]

Verb

barro

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Galician

Etymology 1

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

Cognate with Portuguese barro, Asturian barru and Spanish barro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaro̝/

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

1. mud

   Synonym: lama

2. clay
   • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), 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

   Synonym: arxila

Derived terms

• Barredo
• barreira
• Barreira
• Barreiras
• barreiro
• Barrosa
• Barrosas
• Barroso

Etymology 2

Noun

barro

1. Archaic form of barrio.

Derived terms

• Barral
• Barreal
• Barro
• Dobarro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barro”, 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), “barro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish barro (“mud; clay”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, from .

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

References

• 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

• borra

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Ladino

Noun

barro m (Latin spelling)

1. clay

Adjective

barro (Latin spelling)

1. earthen

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) barrō

1. dative/ablative singular of barrus

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Portuguese

barro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁu/
• Hyphenation: bar‧ro
• Rhymes: -aʁu

Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

1. mud
2. clay

   Synonym: argila

Etymology 2

Verb

barro

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Etymology 3

Verb

barro

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

barro (mud)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaro/ [ˈba.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from , 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

• embarrar (verb)
• pelea de barro
• pies de barro
• guardabarros
• salvabarros

See also

• limo m

Etymology 2

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

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

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

See also

• comedón m
• espinilla f

Etymology 3

See barrer.

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrer

Etymology 4

See barrar

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

Further reading

• “barro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• árbor, borra, obrar, robar