barrena
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /barena/ [ba.re.na]
- Rhymes: -ena, -a
- Hyphenation: ba‧rre‧na
Etymology 1
Postposition
barrena
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish barrena.
Noun
barrena inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | |||
| ergative | |||
| dative | |||
| genitive | |||
| comitative | |||
| causative | |||
| benefactive | |||
| instrumental | |||
| inessive | |||
| locative | |||
| allative | |||
| terminative | |||
| directive | |||
| destinative | |||
| ablative | |||
| partitive | — | — | |
| prolative | — | — |
Etymology 3
Adjective
barrena
- absolutive singular of barren
Noun
barrena
- absolutive singular of barren
Further reading
- “barrena”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “barrena”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈrena/ [baˈre.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: ba‧rre‧na
Etymology 1
From Mozarabic barrina, from Late Latin veruina (“long javelin”), from Latin veru (“javelin”). Cognate with Catalan barrina.
Noun
barrena f (plural barrenas)
- drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece
- Synonyms: barreno, taladro, taladrador
- tailspin
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Tagalog: barena
Etymology 2
Verb
barrena
- inflection of barrenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “barrena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024