barril
Portuguese, noun/baˈʁiw/
barril is spelled B-A-R-R-I-L (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barril is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “barrel (container formed of wooden staves bound by hoops)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vasilha grande para líquidos, normalmente feito em madeira”.
What does barril mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarrel (container formed of wooden staves bound by hoops)
- 2
masculinebarrel (quantity which constitutes a full barrel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vasilha grande para líquidos, normalmente feito em madeira 2. unidade de medida de petróleo líquido, geralmente petróleo cru, igual a 158,9873 litros 3. situação tensa, algo difícil demais ou bastante perigoso. Pode, ainda, assumir o significado oposto: algo muito bom.
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 barril
- barris plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barril?
- Brazil /baˈʁiw/
- Brazil [baˈhiʊ̯]
- /baˈʁiw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barril
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barril in Portuguese?
barril appears 3.8 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).