barrena

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /barena/ [ba.re.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rre‧na

Postposition

barrena

  1. [+inessive, ablative] through
    landan barrenathrough the countryside

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish barrena.

Noun

barrena inan

  1. drill
Declension

Adjective

barrena

  1. absolutive singular of barren

Noun

barrena

  1. absolutive singular of barren

Further reading

  • "barrena" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • barrena” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈrena/ [baˈre.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: ba‧rre‧na

Etymology 1

From Mozarabic barrina, from Late Latin veruina (long javelin), from Latin veru (javelin). Cognate with Catalan barrina.

Noun

barrena f (plural barrenas)

  1. drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece
    Synonyms: barreno, taladro, taladrador
  2. tailspin
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tagalog: barena

Verb

barrena

  1. inflection of barrenar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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