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baraço

Portuguese, noun/baˈɾa.su/

baraço is spelled B-A-R-A-Ç-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baraço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “twine (thin rope)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corda, cordel”.

What does baraço mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetwine (thin rope)

  2. 2

    masculinenoose

  3. 3

    masculinetether

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. corda, cordel 2. corda para enforcar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of baraço

  • baraços plural
  • baraça alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce baraço?

  • Brazil /baˈɾa.su/
  • Portugal /bɐˈɾa.su/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is baraço in Portuguese?

baraço appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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