bara-bara

See also: barabara

Polish

Etymology

Compare English boom-boom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ra ˈba.ra/

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• Syllabification: ba‧ra-ba‧ra

Noun

bara-bara n (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial, humorous) boom-boom (sex)

Further reading

• bara-bara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bara-bara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• barabara

Etymology

Reduplication of bara. Compare Bikol Central bara-bara (“to flail the hands everywhere”), Ilocano barabara (“flailing motion; freestyle swimming”), Japanese ばらばら.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˌɾa baˈɾa/ [bɐˌɾa bɐˈɾa], /ˌbaɾa ˈbaɾa/ [ˌbaː.ɾɐ ˈbaː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -a, -aɾa
• Syllabification: ba‧ra-ba‧ra

Adjective

bará-bará or bara-bara (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜊᜇ)

1. careless in movement
2. sloppy; messy (said of someone's work)

Further reading

• “bara-bara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.