barranca

English

Etymology

Spanish barranca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɹæŋkə/

Noun

barranca (plural barrancas)

1. A steep-sided gulch or arroyo; a canyon or ravine.
   • 1994, Gordon Bowker - Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry

     ...his hero, the Consul, is shot and thrown down the barranca followed by a dead dog.

Anagrams

• barracan

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈranka/, [baˈrãŋ.ka]

Noun

barranca f (plural barrancas)

1. canyon, ravine, barranca

   Synonyms: barranco, quiebra, quebrada

Derived terms

• a trancas y barrancas

Related terms

• Barranca del Cobre

Further reading

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