barricada
Portuguese, noun/ba.ʁiˈka.dɐ/
barricada is spelled B-A-R-R-I-C-A-D-A (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barricada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “barricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barreira feita com barricas, estacas, sacos de areia e qualquer objeto resistente que serve para bloquear uma…”.
What does barricada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. barreira feita com barricas, estacas, sacos de areia e qualquer objeto resistente que serve para bloquear uma passagem e proteger seus ocupantes
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 barricada
- barricadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barricada?
- Brazil /ba.ʁiˈka.dɐ/
- Brazil [ba.hiˈka.dɐ]
- /ba.ʁiˈka.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barricada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barricada in Portuguese?
barricada appears 1.3 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).