barrer

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Etymology 1

From bar +‎ -er.

Noun

barrer (plural barrers)

1. One who or that which bars.
   • 1976, Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Elie Zahar, Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery:

     The worst merely bars some exceptions without looking at the proof at all. Hence the mystification when we have the proof on the one hand and the exceptions on the other. In the mind of such primitive exception-barrers, the proof and the exceptions exist in two completely separate compartments.

Etymology 2

Named after New Zealand-born chemist Richard Barrer.

Noun

barrer (plural barrers)

1. A non-SI unit of gas permeability.

French

Etymology

From barre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁe/ ~ /bɑ.ʁe/

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Verb

barrer

1. to bar, bar up (to lock or bolt with a bar)
2. to bar off
3. to cross out, strike out (put written lines through written text, to show it is erroneous)
4. (pronominal, colloquial) to go away, to leave, to fuck off

   Synonyms: se casser, se tirer

   Barre-toi ! ― Get out!

5. (North America) to lock (a door etc.; not necessarily with a bar)

Conjugation

Conjugation of barrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	barrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	barrant /ba.ʁɑ̃/ or /bɑ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		barré /ba.ʁe/ or /bɑ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	barre /baʁ/ or /bɑʁ/	barres /baʁ/ or /bɑʁ/	barre /baʁ/ or /bɑʁ/	barrons /ba.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʁɔ̃/	barrez /ba.ʁe/ or /bɑ.ʁe/	barrent /baʁ/ or /bɑʁ/
	imperfect	barrais /ba.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ʁɛ/	barrais /ba.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ʁɛ/	barrait /ba.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ʁɛ/	barrions /ba.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʁjɔ̃/	barriez /ba.ʁje/ or /bɑ.ʁje/	barraient /ba.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	barrai /ba.ʁe/ or /bɑ.ʁe/	barras /ba.ʁa/ or /bɑ.ʁa/	barra /ba.ʁa/ or /bɑ.ʁa/	barrâmes /ba.ʁam/ or /bɑ.ʁam/	barrâtes /ba.ʁat/ or /bɑ.ʁat/	barrèrent /ba.ʁɛʁ/ or /bɑ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	barrerai /ba.ʁə.ʁe/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁe/	barreras /ba.ʁə.ʁa/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁa/	barrera /ba.ʁə.ʁa/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁa/	barrerons /ba.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	barrerez /ba.ʁə.ʁe/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁe/	barreront /ba.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	barrerais /ba.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	barrerais /ba.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	barrerait /ba.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	barrerions /ba.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	barreriez /ba.ʁə.ʁje/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁje/	barreraient /ba.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	barre /baʁ/ or /bɑʁ/	barres /baʁ/ or /bɑʁ/	barre /baʁ/ or /bɑʁ/	barrions /ba.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʁjɔ̃/	barriez /ba.ʁje/ or /bɑ.ʁje/	barrent /baʁ/ or /bɑʁ/
	imperfect2	barrasse /ba.ʁas/ or /bɑ.ʁas/	barrasses /ba.ʁas/ or /bɑ.ʁas/	barrât /ba.ʁa/ or /bɑ.ʁa/	barrassions /ba.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	barrassiez /ba.ʁa.sje/ or /bɑ.ʁa.sje/	barrassent /ba.ʁas/ or /bɑ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	barre /baʁ/ or /bɑʁ/	—	barrons /ba.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʁɔ̃/	barrez /ba.ʁe/ or /bɑ.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• mal barré
• se barrer

Further reading

• “barrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ladino

Verb

barrer

1. to sweep

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

barrer m

1. indefinite plural of barre

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin verrere. Cognate with Portuguese varrer and Galician varrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈreɾ/ [baˈreɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧rrer

Verb

barrer (first-person singular present barro, first-person singular preterite barrí, past participle barrido)

1. (transitive) to sweep

Conjugation

    Conjugation of barrer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			barrer
gerund			barriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		barrido		barrida
		plural		barridos		barridas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	barro	barrestú barrésvos	barre	barremos	barréis	barren
	imperfect	barría	barrías	barría	barríamos	barríais	barrían
	preterite	barrí	barriste	barrió	barrimos	barristeis	barrieron
	future	barreré	barrerás	barrerá	barreremos	barreréis	barrerán
	conditional	barrería	barrerías	barrería	barreríamos	barreríais	barrerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	barra	barrastú barrásvos2	barra	barramos	barráis	barran
	imperfect (ra)	barriera	barrieras	barriera	barriéramos	barrierais	barrieran
	imperfect (se)	barriese	barrieses	barriese	barriésemos	barrieseis	barriesen
	future1	barriere	barrieres	barriere	barriéremos	barriereis	barrieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		barretú barrévos	barra	barramos	barred	barran
	negative		no barras	no barra	no barramos	no barráis	no barran

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of barrer

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive barrer	dative	barrerme	barrerte	barrerle, barrerse	barrernos	barreros	barrerles, barrerse
	accusative	barrerme	barrerte	barrerlo, barrerla, barrerse	barrernos	barreros	barrerlos, barrerlas, barrerse
with gerund barriendo	dative	barriéndome	barriéndote	barriéndole, barriéndose	barriéndonos	barriéndoos	barriéndoles, barriéndose
	accusative	barriéndome	barriéndote	barriéndolo, barriéndola, barriéndose	barriéndonos	barriéndoos	barriéndolos, barriéndolas, barriéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative barre	dative	bárreme	bárrete	bárrele	bárrenos	not used	bárreles
	accusative	bárreme	bárrete	bárrelo, bárrela	bárrenos	not used	bárrelos, bárrelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative barré	dative	barreme	barrete	barrele	barrenos	not used	barreles
	accusative	barreme	barrete	barrelo, barrela	barrenos	not used	barrelos, barrelas
with formal second-person singular imperative barra	dative	bárrame	not used	bárrale, bárrase	bárranos	not used	bárrales
	accusative	bárrame	not used	bárralo, bárrala, bárrase	bárranos	not used	bárralos, bárralas
with first-person plural imperative barramos	dative	not used	barrámoste	barrámosle	barrámonos	barrámoos	barrámosles
	accusative	not used	barrámoste	barrámoslo, barrámosla	barrámonos	barrámoos	barrámoslos, barrámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative barred	dative	barredme	not used	barredle	barrednos	barreos	barredles
	accusative	barredme	not used	barredlo, barredla	barrednos	barreos	barredlos, barredlas
with formal second-person plural imperative barran	dative	bárranme	not used	bárranle	bárrannos	not used	bárranles, bárranse
	accusative	bárranme	not used	bárranlo, bárranla	bárrannos	not used	bárranlos, bárranlas, bárranse

Derived terms

• barrebases
• barredor
• barreminas
• barrendero
• barrer para casa
• barrer para dentro
• escoba nueva barre bien
• sobrebarrer

Related terms

• basura

Descendants

• Papiamentu: bari

Further reading

• “barrer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025