barro

See also: Barro, barró, barrò, and bárro

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

Galician

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

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

Derived terms

• Barredo
• Barreira
• barreira
• Barreiras
• barreiro
• Barrosa
• Barrosas
• Barroso
• canabarro
• pallabarro

Etymology 2

Noun

barro

1. archaic form of barrio

Derived terms

• Barral
• Barreal
• Barro
• Dobarro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “barro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “barro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

barro m (plural barri)

1. (nautical) boom

   Synonym: boma

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrare

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• borra

Ladino

Noun

barro m

1. clay

Adjective

barro

1. earthen

Latin

Noun

barrō

1. dative/ablative singular of barrus

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

barro

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁo/ [ˈba.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʁu/

• Rhymes: -aʁu
• Hyphenation: bar‧ro

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

1. mud
2. clay

   Synonym: argila

Etymology 2

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

Further reading

• “barro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “barro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaro/ [ˈba.ro]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ba‧rro

Etymology 1

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

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

1. (geology) mud

   Synonyms: fango, lodo

2. (materials) clay

   Synonym: arcilla

Derived terms

• barrar
• embarrar (verb)
• guardabarros
• pelea de barro
• pies de barro
• salvabarros

See also

• limo m

Etymology 2

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

Noun

barro m (plural barros)

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

See also

• comedón m
• espinilla f

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrer

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barrar

Further reading

• “barro”, 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

Anagrams

• árbor, borra, obrar, robar