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vara.

rod, pole (a long thin stick)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaɾa/[ˈba.ɾa]
  1. rod, pole (a long thin stick)

    feminine
  2. rod (a thin cane or branch)

    feminine
  3. rod (a staff of office)

    feminine
  4. lance

    feminine
  5. vara, a Spanish rod or yard (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 83.7 cm)

    feminine · historical
  6. vara, a square vara (a traditional unit of area equivalent to about 0.7 m²)

    feminine · historical
  7. yardstick (a straight-edge tool for measuring length)

    feminine
  8. yardstick (a standard used to establish a baseline for measurements or comparisons)

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish vara, from Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese vara.

adj/ˈbaɾa/[ˈba.ɾa]
  1. feminine singular of varo

    feminine · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

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verb/ˈbaɾa/[ˈba.ɾa]
  1. inflection of varar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of varar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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