barreiras
Portuguese, noun/baˈʁe(j).ɾɐs/ [baˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾɐs]
barreiras is spelled B-A-R-R-E-I-R-A-S (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,830th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barreiras is a Portuguese noun meaning “plural of barreira” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município do estado da Bahia, considerada a capital informal da região agrícola brasileira do Matopiba”.
What does barreiras mean in English?
noun
- 1
plural of barreira
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município do estado da Bahia, considerada a capital informal da região agrícola brasileira do Matopiba
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 barreiras?
- Brazil /baˈʁe(j).ɾɐs/ [baˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾɐs]
- Brazil /baˈʁe(j).ɾas/ [baˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾas] (Região Sul)
- Brazil /baˈʁe(j).ɾɐʃ/ [baˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾɐʃ] (Rio de Janeiro)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barreiras in Portuguese?
barreiras appears 13 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).