barricada
Spanish, noun/bariˈkada/
barricada is spelled B-A-R-R-I-C-A-D-A (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,265th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barricada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “barricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Construcción defensiva realizada improvisadamente para detener u obstruir el paso”.
What does barricada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Construcción defensiva realizada improvisadamente para detener u obstruir el paso.
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 barricada
- barricadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barricada?
- /bariˈkada/
- [ba.riˈka.ð̞a]
- [bariˈkað̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barricada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barricada in Spanish?
barricada appears 1.4 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).