barraco
Portuguese, noun/baˈʁa.ku/
barraco is spelled B-A-R-R-A-C-O (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barraco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shack (crude hut)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of barracar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitação rústica construída, em geral, nas favelas, de modo irregular, e com materiais diversos tais como…”.
What does barraco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshack (crude hut)
- 2
Brazilcolloquialmasculinea verbal conflict concerning personal matters in the presence of more people; a fight, a scene
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of barracar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. habitação rústica construída, em geral, nas favelas, de modo irregular, e com materiais diversos tais como tábuas, folhas de zinco, papelão e até mesmo partes de alvenaria
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 barraco
- barracos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barraco?
- Brazil /baˈʁa.ku/
- Brazil [baˈha.ku]
- /baˈʁa.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barraco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barraco in Portuguese?
barraco appears 2.7 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).