barre
Portuguese, verb/ˈba.ʁi/
barre is spelled B-A-R-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barre is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo barrar”.
What does barre mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
- 3
third-person singular present indicative of barrir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo barrar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo barrar 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo barrar
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.
How do you pronounce barre?
- Brazil /ˈba.ʁi/
- Brazil [ˈba.hi]
- /ˈba.ʁi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barre in Portuguese?
barre appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).