barranco

See also: Barranco

Portuguese

barranco (dirt cliff)

barranco (gully)

Noun

barranco m (plural s)

1. a dirt cliff, especially one at the edge of a river or road
2. gully (trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow)

Synonyms

• (dirt cliff): barranca, ribanceira
• (gully): voçoroca (Brazil)

Related terms

• barranca
• barrancoso

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈranko/ [baˈrãŋ.ko]

Noun

barranco m (plural barrancos)

1. ravine

   Synonyms: cañada, cañón, quiebra, quebrada

   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     A little fire burned in the hollow of the dusty barranco, a clear red fire of the kind that gives little light and makes no smoke, and its pale glow showed but feebly against the rock behind.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• embarrancar

Further reading

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