barraca
Portuguese, noun/baˈʁa.kɐ/
barraca is spelled B-A-R-R-A-C-A (7 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barraca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “construção provisória, geralmente feita com materiais reciclados”.
What does barraca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetent
- 2
femininehut
- 3
femininestall (at the fair)
- 4
femininesunshade
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. construção provisória, geralmente feita com materiais reciclados 2. tenda de feira ou de campanha 3. casa humilde; choupana
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 barraca
- barracas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barraca?
- Brazil /baˈʁa.kɐ/
- Brazil [baˈha.kɐ]
- /baˈʁa.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barraca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barraca in Portuguese?
barraca appears 5.9 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).