barro

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) mud
2. (masculine) clay

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of barrar

barrar

1. to abate (to bar, to except)
2. to bar (to obstruct the passage of)
3. to debar (to exclude or shut out; to bar)

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Concepts

clay

argil

gook

goop

guck

gunk

mire

muck

mud

ooze

slime

sludge

goo

Synonyms

argila

lama

greda

lodo

gosma

Translations

Ton

argile

argilla

arcilla

klei

Lehm

argilla

Tonerde

barro

argila

Morast

boue

glaise

άργιλος

πηλός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈba.ʁu/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Irish: broch

Cognate with Asturian: barru

In summary

From Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from Paleo-Hispanic, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
Cognate with Galician, Mirandese, and Spanish barro, Asturian barru.

Sentences

Ela acha que o mundo tem pés de barro .

She thinks the world has feet of clay.

As casas são construídas com tijolos de barro vermelho .

The houses are built with red mud bricks.