barbacana
Spanish, noun[baɾβ̞aˈkana]
barbacana is spelled B-A-R-B-A-C-A-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 118,609th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbacana is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “barbican” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obra avanzada de fortificación para defender puertas de plazas fuertes, cabezas de puente, etc”.
What does barbacana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarbican
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obra avanzada de fortificación para defender puertas de plazas fuertes, cabezas de puente, etc. 2. Muro bajo con que se suelen rodear las plazuelas que algunas iglesias tienen alrededor de ellas o delante de alguna de sus puertas. 3. Saetera o tronera. 4. Contramuralla.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of barbacana
- barbacanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbacana?
- [baɾβ̞aˈkana]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barbacana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbacana in Spanish?
barbacana appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).