barrir
Portuguese, verb/baˈʁi(ʁ)/
barrir is spelled B-A-R-R-I-R (6 letters). Barrir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to trumpet (of an elephant: to make its characteristic call)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emitir barritos”.
What does barrir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trumpet (of an elephant: to make its characteristic call)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. emitir barritos
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 barrir
- barre present singular third-person
- barriu preterite singular third-person
- barrido participle past
- barrirem infinitive plural third-person
- barrindo gerund
- barridos masculine participle past
- barrida feminine participle past
- barridas feminine participle past
- barrem indicative plural present
- barria imperfect indicative singular
- barriam imperfect indicative plural
- barriram indicative plural preterite
- barrira indicative pluperfect singular
- barrirá future indicative singular
- barrirão future indicative plural
- barriria conditional singular third-person
- barririam conditional plural third-person
- barra present singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barrir?
- Brazil /baˈʁi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [baˈhi(h)]
- /baˈʁi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.