barricada
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French barricade.
Pronunciation
Noun
barricada f (plural barricades)
- barricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)
Further reading
- “barricada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “barricada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “barricada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “barricada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.ʁi.ka.da/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: barricadas, barricadât
Verb
barricada
- third-person singular past historic of barricader
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from French barricade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bariˈkada/ [ba.riˈkɑ.ð̞ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Hyphenation: ba‧rri‧ca‧da
Noun
barricada f (plural barricadas)
- barricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)
Further reading
- “barricada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French barricade.[1][2] Piecewise doublet of barrigada.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ʁiˈka.dɐ/ [ba.hiˈka.dɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.ʁiˈka.dɐ/ [ba.χiˈka.dɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ʁiˈka.da/ [ba.hiˈka.da]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.ʁiˈka.dɐ/ [bɐ.ʁiˈka.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: bar‧ri‧ca‧da
Noun
barricada f (plural barricadas)
- barricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)
References
- ^ “barricada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “barricada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French barricade.[1] By surface analysis, barrica (“cask”) + -ada (“group”), referring to the first street barricades in Paris, which were composed of casks filled with earth, paving stones, etc.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bariˈkada/ [ba.riˈka.ð̞a]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: ba‧rri‧ca‧da
Noun
barricada f (plural barricadas)
References
- ^ “barricada”, 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
- ^ “barricado, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000: “< French barricade or Spanish barricada (see ‑ado suffix), < French barrique or Spanish barrica a cask, the first street barricades in Paris being composed of casks filled with earth, paving stones, etc.”