vara

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) rod, pole (a long thin stick)
2. (feminine) rod (a thin cane or branch)
3. (feminine) rod (a staff of office)
4. (feminine) lance
5. (feminine, historical) vara, a Spanish rod or yard (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 83.7 cm)
6. (feminine, historical) vara, a square vara (a traditional unit of area equivalent to about 0.7 m²)
7. (feminine) yardstick (a straight-edge tool for measuring length)
8. (feminine, figuratively) yardstick (a standard used to establish a baseline for measurements or comparisons)

Adj

feminine singular of varo

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of varar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of varar:

varo

• Adj
• Noun
• Verb

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varar

1. to beach
2. to run aground
3. to strand

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Concepts

rod

pole

stick

staff

shaft

bar

cane

stave

wand

spar

handle

switch

stake

wood

🪵

twig

baton

yardstick

vara

birch

club

fishing rod

pallet

rood

ruler

scepter

sceptre

spear

sprig

stem

tree

🌳

verge

withe

withy

Synonyms

palo

barra

bastón

verga

báculo

madera

🪵

palo delgado

trozo de madera

árbol

🌳

tallo

poste

hueco

influencia

mango

palanca

palmeta

pozo

ramita

rayo

regla

rosa

🌹

tronco

cetro

latigazo

troza

varilla

vara larga

rama seca

yellowweed

gul

rhod

reina de flores

vara midiendo

vergueta

tronco de árbol

palo del huso

stick

chilio

chilillo

vergela

vergeta

ramilla

arbusto

asta

asunto

caña

cañón

dinero

💸

eje

fibra

Translations

vara

vara

Stange

Stab

pau

Stock

pal

barra

roede

bâton

bastone

bacchetta

Barre

bastó

asta

Hyphenated as

va‧ra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbaɾa/

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan: -

Cognate with Galician: -

Cognate with Portuguese: vara

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish vara, from Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese vara.