barra
Spanish, noun
barra is spelled B-A-R-R-A (5 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,909th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bar, rod (a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of barrer. With an accent, barrá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of barrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza larga de metal u otra materia, por lo general de forma cilíndrica o prismática”.
What does barra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebar, rod (a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)
- 2
femininebar (a counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.)
- 3
femininebar (various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in ¹⁄₂))
- 4
feminineslash ("/" symbol)
- 5
feminineproscribedrarebackslash ("\" symbol)
- 6
femininebend sinister
- 7
femininebarbell
- 8
femininefan, crowd, supporter, especially political
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
- 3
third-person singular present indicative
- 4
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of barrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pieza larga de metal u otra materia, por lo general de forma cilíndrica o prismática. 2. Lingote de oro o plata. 3. Pan más largo que ancho. 4. Aparato que consta de dos maderos o tubos (barras) paralelos, horizontales de altura regulable.
noun: 1. Miembro de la barrabrava.
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 barra
- barras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to barra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barra in Spanish?
barra appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).