barranca
Spanish, noun/baˈranka/
barranca is spelled B-A-R-R-A-N-C-A (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,508th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barranca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “canyon, ravine, barranca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de barranco”.
What does barranca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecanyon, ravine, barranca
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de barranco.
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 barranca
- barrancas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barranca?
- /baˈranka/
- [baˈrãŋ.ka]
- [baˈrãŋka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barranca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barranca in Spanish?
barranca appears 1.5 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).