barraca

Catalan

Etymology

Diminutive of barra (“clay, mud”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, probably ultimately from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈra.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈra.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

barraca f (plural barraques)

1. hut, tent
2. storage shed
3. market stall
4. barrack

Derived terms

• barraquer

Descendants

• → French: baraque (see there for further descendants)
• → Portuguese: barraca (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: barraca

Further reading

• “barraca”, 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
• “barraca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “barraca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “barraca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Catalan barraca; see barro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈʁa.kɐ/ [baˈha.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈʁa.kɐ/ [baˈha.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈʁa.kɐ/ [baˈχa.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈʁa.ka/ [baˈha.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈʁa.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧ca

Noun

barraca f (plural barracas)

1. tent
2. hut
3. stall (at the fair)
4. sunshade

Derived terms

• armar a barraca

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બરાક (barāk)

Further reading

• “barraca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “barraca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan barraca; see barro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈraka/ [baˈra.ka]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ba‧rra‧ca

Noun

barraca f (plural barracas)

1. barrack
2. storage shed
3. tent, hut

   Synonyms: choza, cabaña

Derived terms

• abarracar
• barraca de feria

Descendants

• → Italian: baracca
  • → Turkish: baraka

Further reading

• “barraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024