vara
Meaning
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- (feminine) rod, pole (a long thin stick)
- (feminine) rod (a thin cane or branch)
- (feminine) rod (a staff of office)
- (feminine) lance
- (feminine, historical) vara, a Spanish rod or yard (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 83.7 cm)
- (feminine, historical) vara, a square vara (a traditional unit of area equivalent to about 0.7 m²)
- (feminine) yardstick (a straight-edge tool for measuring length)
- (feminine, figuratively) yardstick (a standard used to establish a baseline for measurements or comparisons)
Concepts
Synonyms
palo delgado
trozo de madera
vara larga
rama seca
yellowweed
gul
rhod
reina de flores
vara midiendo
vergueta
tronco de árbol
palo del huso
stick
chilio
vergela
vergeta
Frequency
Hyphenated as
va‧ra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbaɾa/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish vara, from Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese vara.
New
varo
-
varus (abnormally turned inward, especially of the foot)
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New
varar
- to beach
- to run aground
- to strand
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