barbacã
Portuguese, noun/baʁ.baˈkɐ̃/
barbacã is spelled B-A-R-B-A-C-Ã (7 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbacã is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “barbican (a tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “antemuro, muro menor construído anteposto à muralha defensiva para a anteparar e proteger o fosso”.
What does barbacã mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarbican (a tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. antemuro, muro menor construído anteposto à muralha defensiva para a anteparar e proteger o fosso 2. fortificação avançada para defesa de uma cidade ou ponte 3. seteira ou fresta de muralha 4. orifício em um muro por onde escoam as águas
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 barbacã
- barbacãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbacã?
- Brazil /baʁ.baˈkɐ̃/
- Brazil [baɦ.baˈkɐ̃]
- /baɾ.baˈkɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barbacã
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbacã in Portuguese?
barbacã 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).