barra

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) bar, rod (a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)
2. (feminine) bar (a counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.)
3. (feminine) bar (various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in ¹⁄₂))
4. (feminine) slash ("/" symbol)
5. (feminine,proscribed,rare) backslash ("\" symbol)
6. (feminine) bend sinister
7. (feminine) barbell
8. (feminine) fan, crowd, supporters (especially political)

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,present,singular,subjunctive,third-person) inflection of barrer:
2. (form-of,imperative,singular,third-person) inflection of barrer:
3. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of barrar:
4. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of barrar:

Hyphenated as

ba‧rra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbara/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar. Doublet of bar.

Sentences

Si la barra se vacía , Alice volverá al último punto de control .

If the bar empties, Alice will return to the last checkpoint.