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barreira.

barrier

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/baˈʁe(j).ɾɐ/Brazil[baˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]Brazil/baˈʁe(j).ɾɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[baˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. barrier

    feminine

  2. hurdle

    feminine

  3. wall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese barreira. By surface analysis, barra + -eira.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.