bárbara
Portuguese, noun/ˈbaʁ.ba.ɾɐ/
bárbara is spelled B-Á-R-B-A-R-A (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bárbara is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of bárbaro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of bárbaro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prenome feminino”.
What does bárbara mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of bárbaro
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of bárbaro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome feminino
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 bárbara
- bárbaras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bárbara?
- Brazil /ˈbaʁ.ba.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ˈbaɦ.ba.ɾɐ]
- /ˈbaɾ.ba.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bárbara
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bárbara in Portuguese?
bárbara appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).