barrote

Portuguese

Etymology

From barra +‎ -ote.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈʁɔ.t͡ʃi/ [baˈhɔ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈʁɔ.t͡ʃi/ [baˈhɔ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈʁɔ.t͡ʃi/ [baˈχɔ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈʁɔ.te/ [baˈhɔ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈʁɔ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: bar‧ro‧te

Noun

barrote m (plural barrotes)

1. bar, crossbeam
2. bolt

Derived terms

• abarrotar

Descendants

• → Swahili: boriti

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From barra +‎ -ote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈrote/ [baˈro.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ba‧rro‧te

Noun

barrote m (plural barrotes)

1. bar, beam, crossbeam

   Synonym: travesaño

2. bolt

Derived terms

• abarrotar

Further reading

• “barrote”, 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