barrera
Spanish, noun
barrera is spelled B-A-R-R-E-R-A (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,810th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barrera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “barrier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, barrerá is a different word: “third-person singular future indicative of barrer”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquier obstáculo con el que se cierra el paso o se cerca un lugar”.
What does barrera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarrier
- 2
femininewall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)
verb
- 1
third-person singular future indicative of barrer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquier obstáculo con el que se cierra el paso o se cerca un lugar. 2. Cerco de madera instalado alrededor del ruedo de la plaza de toros. 3. La fila de asientos más cercana al ruedo en las plazas de toros o bien la primera fila en otros lugares. 4. Fila de jugadores que se forma para proteger el arco contra un lanzamiento a pelota parada del equipo contrario.
noun: 1. Lugar de donde se extrae el barro para los trabajos de alfareria. 2. Tierra residual a la extracción del salitre. 3. Mueble donde se exhiben o almacenan vasijas de barro.
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 barrera
- barreras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to barrera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barrera in Spanish?
barrera appears 13 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).