barrenar
Spanish, verb/bareˈnaɾ/
barrenar is spelled B-A-R-R-E-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish, the 265,703rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barrenar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bore holes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perforar un material con una barrena”.
What does barrenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bore holes
- 2
to scuttle
- 3
colloquialto foil; frustrate; scuttle
- 4
to infringe
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Perforar un material con una barrena. 2. Cañonear a una embarcación con el fin de hundirla. 3. Impedirle a alguien lograr un objetivo. 4. Derogar o abolir una ley.
verb: 1. Insistir hasta llegar a ser desagradable.
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 barrenar
- barreno first-person present singular
- barrené first-person preterite singular
- barrenado participle past
- barrenando gerund
- barrenada feminine participle past
- barrenados masculine participle past
- barrenadas feminine participle past
- barrenas indicative informal present
- barrenás indicative informal present
- barrena indicative present singular
- barrenamos first-person indicative plural
- barrenáis indicative plural present
- barrenan indicative plural present
- barrenaba first-person imperfect indicative
- barrenabas imperfect indicative second-person
- barrenábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- barrenabais imperfect indicative plural
- barrenaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barrenar?
- /bareˈnaɾ/
- [ba.reˈnaɾ]
- [bareˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barrenar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barrenar in Spanish?
barrenar appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).