báratro

See also: baratro and baràtro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɾa.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɾa.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɾa.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɾɐ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: bá‧ra‧tro

Noun

báratro m (plural báratros)

1. pit, precipice (especially one at Athens behind the acropolis into which criminals were thrown)
2. abyss

Synonyms

• abismo
• precipício
• despenhadeiro

Further reading

• “báratro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “báratro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin barathrum, from Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾatɾo/ [ˈba.ɾa.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾatɾo
• Syllabification: bá‧ra‧tro

Noun

báratro m (plural báratros)

1. (poetic) hell
2. pit (the one at Athens behind the acropolis into which criminals were thrown)

Further reading

• “báratro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025