barro

See also: Barro, barró, barrò, and bárro

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ro/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ru/

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of barrar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

Cognate with Portuguese barro, Asturian barru and Spanish barro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaro̝/

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

1. mud

   Synonym: lama

2. clay

   Synonym: arxila

   • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 445:

     cinco mil ladrillos ben cozidos e de boo barro

     five thousand bricks, correctly fired and made of good clay

Derived terms

• Barredo
• Barreira
• barreira
• Barreiras
• barreiro
• Barrosa
• Barrosas
• Barroso
• canabarro
• pallabarro

 

Etymology 2

Noun

barro

1. Archaic form of barrio.

Derived terms

• Barral
• Barreal
• Barro
• Dobarro

References

• “barro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “barro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “barro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “barro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “barro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ro/
• Rhymes: -arro
• Hyphenation: bàr‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish barro (“mud; clay”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Noun

barro m (plural barri)

1. (uncountable) a clay used to make pottery

   Synonym: bucchero

2. a piece of pottery made from this clay

   Synonym: bucchero

Etymology 2

Gender change from barra (“helm, tiller”).

Noun

barro m (plural barri)

1. (nautical) boom

   Synonym: boma

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrare

Further reading

• barro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• barro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• borra

Ladino

Noun

barro m (Latin spelling)

1. clay

Adjective

barro (Latin spelling)

1. earthen

Latin

Noun

barrō

1. dative/ablative singular of barrus

Portuguese

barro

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁo/ [ˈba.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁu/

• Rhymes: -aʁu
• Hyphenation: bar‧ro

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

Cognate with Galician, Mirandese, and Spanish barro, Asturian barru.

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

1. mud
2. clay

   Synonym: argila

Etymology 2

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

Spanish

barro (mud)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaro/ [ˈba.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ba‧rro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

1. (geology) mud

   Synonyms: fango, lodo

2. (materials) clay

   Synonym: arcilla

Derived terms

• embarrar (verb)
• guardabarros
• pelea de barro
• pies de barro
• salvabarros

 

See also

• limo m

Etymology 2

From Latin varus (“pustule in the face”).

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

1. (dermatology) pustule (caused by acne), closed comedo

See also

• comedón m
• espinilla f

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrer

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• árbor, borra, obrar, robar