barrera

See also: Barrera, barrerá, and barrerà

Catalan

Etymology

From barra +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈre.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈre.ɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

barrera f (plural barreres)

1. barrier
2. (soccer) wall

Further reading

• “barrera”, 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
• “barrera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “barrera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “barrera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

barrera

1. third-person singular future of barrer

Spanish

Etymology

From barra +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈreɾa/ [baˈre.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ba‧rre‧ra

Noun

barrera f (plural barreras)

1. barrier
2. (soccer) wall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)

Hyponyms

• Gran Barrera de Coral

Derived terms

• barrera de hielo
• barrera del sonido
• barrera hematoencefálica
• barrera idiomática
• guardabarreras
• sacar a barrera

Further reading

• “barrera”, 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