barra

bar


Noun barra f (plural barras)

  1. bar, rod (a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)
  2. bar (a counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.)
  3. (typographic) bar (various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in ⁄2))
  4. slash ("/" symbol)
  5. (computing, rare, proscribed) backslash ("\" symbol)
  6. (heraldry) bend sinister
  7. (exercise, weightlifting) barbell

Verb barra

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of barrer.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of barrer.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of barrer.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present subjunctive form of barrer.
  5. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of barrar.
  6. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of barrar.
  7. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of barrar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Desde la barra de menú "Responder" selecciona "crear mensaje de seguimiento". El mensaje que respondes es citado.

    From the menu-bar's "Reply" select "create follow-up message". The message you reply to is quoted.

  • La barra animaba a los jugadores.

    The spectators cheered the players on.

  • La barra espaciadora es una tecla en un teclado alfanumérico.

    The space bar is an alphanumerical keyboard's key.

  • Necesitamos una barra de hierro.

    We need an iron bar.

  • Lava tus manos con una barra de jabón.

    Wash your hands with a bar of soap.

  • Era una barra de oro macizo.

    It was a solid gold bar.

  • Descubrí que una buena manera de autoexaminarme es entrar las preguntas y respuestas en una hoja de cálculo; escribo las respuestas en texto blanco sobre fondo blanco de manera que sean invisibles a menos que la celda esté seleccionada y yo pueda entonces leer la respuesta en la barra de fórmulas.

    I find a good way of testing myself is to enter the questions and answers into a spreadsheet; I enter the answers as white text on a white background so they are invisible unless the cell is selected and I can then read the answer in the formula bar.

  • Ella compró una barra de pan esta mañana.

    She bought a loaf of bread this morning.


Want to learn Spanish?

Fill in the missing word for thousands of sentences in Spanish. Sign up and play for free!

  • Practice Spanish vocabulary in context.
  • Rapidly improve your Spanish listening skills with listening mode and Cloze-Listening.
  • Pick from dozen of collections at your level - 100 Most Common Words, the Fluency Fast Track, and more.
  • Score points for correct answers and compete with other players on the leaderboards.
  • Spaced-repetition helps you remember what you learn faster and more efficiently.
  • Keep practicing anytime, anyplace with the Clozemaster mobile apps on iOS and Android.

Get in the game!

Sign up Sign in

Get Clozemaster Pro!

Full access to everything on Clozemaster, no ads, and all the extras you need to take your Spanish skills to the next level.

Get fluent faster.

Get Pro today!