barata

See also: baratá

Asturian

Adjective

barata

1. feminine singular of baratu

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from baratar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bəˈɾa.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [baˈɾa.ta]

Adjective

barata

1. feminine singular of barat

Noun

barata f (plural barates)

1. swap, exchange, trade-in

   Synonyms: canvi, permuta

Further reading

• “barata”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

barata

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈrata/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ba‧ra‧ta

Etymology 1

Adjective

barata (accusative singular baratan, plural barataj, accusative plural baratajn)

1. singular present passive participle of bari

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Hindi भारत (bhārat)bor.

Esperanto Barato

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto barata

From Barato + -a.

Adjective

barata (accusative singular baratan, plural barataj, accusative plural baratajn)

1. of or relating to India; Indian

Related terms

• baratano (“a person from India, an Indian”)
• Barato (“India”)

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾata/ [baˈɾa.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: ba‧ra‧ta

Adjective

barata

1. feminine singular of barato

Verb

barata

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

Ido

Verb

barata

1. present passive participle of barar

Italian

Participle

barata f sg

1. feminine singular of barato

Makasar

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्रत (vrata, “vow; resolve; religious observance”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wratám. Compare Indonesian brata (“the act of ascetic”), Javanese ꦧꦿꦠ (brata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈrata/, [ba.ˈra.tʰa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ra‧ta

Verb

barata (Lontara spelling ᨅᨑᨈ or 𑻤𑻭𑻦)

1. (intransitive) to observe certain abstinences or customary/religious observances

   Baratai karaenga kagarringi anaʼna

   The prince has proclaimed a period of abstinences because his son is ill.

2. (intransitive) to mourn; to observe mourning customs

   Cinaya punna mate turikalenna baratai

   The Chinese go into mourning when a close relative dies.

3. (intransitive) to take a break; to pause; to do nothing for a moment

   Baratangasengkiʼ

   We take a break (sit doing nothing for a moment).

Derived terms

affixations

• aʼbarata
• pabarata

compounds

• barata battang
• barata bawa
• barata gigi
• barata kallong

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈɾa.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɾa.tɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ra‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin blatta.

Noun

barata f (plural baratas)

1. cockroach

Derived terms

• barata americana
• barata tonta
• baratão (augmentative)
• baratinha (diminutive)
• baratona (augmentative)

Descendants

• → Tetum: barata

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

barata

1. feminine singular of barato

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barata

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

Further reading

• “barata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “barata”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “barata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾata/ [baˈɾa.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ba‧ra‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from baratar.

Adjective

barata f sg

1. feminine singular of barato

Verb

barata

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

Etymology 2

From Latin blatta.

Noun

barata f (plural baratas)

1. (Chile, Zamora) cockroach

   Synonym: cucaracha

Further reading

• “barata”, 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

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese barata.

Noun

barata

1. cockroach

References

• “barata”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• brata

Etymology

From English brother. Cognate with Bislama and Pijin brata.

Noun

barata

1. brother
2. paternal cousin (of the same sex)
3. a woman's sister

Usage notes

• For sister, usage of susa and sista is much more common.