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barbar

Spanish, verb/baɾˈbaɾ/

barbar is spelled B-A-R-B-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbar is a Spanish verb meaning “to beard (to grow hair on the chin and jaw)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does barbar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to beard (to grow hair on the chin and jaw)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of barbar

  • barbo first-person present singular
  • barbé first-person preterite singular
  • barbado participle past
  • barbando gerund
  • barbada feminine participle past
  • barbados masculine participle past
  • barbadas feminine participle past
  • barbas indicative informal present
  • barbás indicative informal present
  • barba indicative present singular
  • barbamos first-person indicative plural
  • barbáis indicative plural present
  • barban indicative plural present
  • barbaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • barbabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • barbábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • barbabais imperfect indicative plural
  • barbaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce barbar?

  • /baɾˈbaɾ/
  • [baɾˈβ̞aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to barbar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is barbar in Spanish?

barbar appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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