barro

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈba.ro]

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaro/ [ˈba.rʊ]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: ba‧rro

From Old Galician-Portuguese, 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 Portuguese barro, Asturian barru and Spanish barro.

barro m (plural barros)

1. mud

   Synonym: lama

2. clay

   Synonym: arxila

   • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 445:

     cinco mil ladrillos ben cozidos e de boo barro

     five thousand bricks, correctly fired and made of good clay

barro

1. archaic form of barrio

• Barral
• Barreal
• Barro
• Dobarro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ro/
• Rhymes: -arro
• Hyphenation: bàr‧ro

Borrowed from Spanish barro (“mud; clay”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, from Paleo-Hispanic.

barro m (plural barri)

1. (uncountable) a clay used to make pottery

   Synonym: bucchero

2. a piece of pottery made from this clay

   Synonym: bucchero

Gender change from barra (“helm, tiller”).

barro m (plural barri)

1. (nautical) boom

   Synonym: boma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrare

• barro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• barro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• borra

barro m

1. clay

barro

1. earthen

barrō

1. dative/ablative singular of barrus

• Rhymes: -aʁu
• Hyphenation: bar‧ro

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.

barro m (plural barros)

1. mud
2. clay

   Synonym: argila

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaro/ [ˈba.ro]

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ba‧rro

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from Paleo-Hispanic, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

barro m (plural barros)

1. (geology) mud

   Synonyms: fango, lodo

2. (materials) clay

   Synonym: arcilla

• limo m

From Latin varus (“pustule in the face”).

barro m (plural barros)

1. (dermatology) pustule (caused by acne), closed comedo

• comedón m
• espinilla f

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrer

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

• “barro”, 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

• árbor, borra, obrar, robar