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barra
feminine noun
1bar (pieza alargada); rod (pieza redonda); block (de hielo); rod (para cortinas); crossbar (de bicicleta)
  • barra espaciadora -> space bar
  • barra de labios -> lipstick
  • barra (de pan) -> baguette, French stick
2bar (de bar, café)
  • barra americana (counter) -> = bar where hostesses chat with clients
  • barra libre -> = unlimited drink for a fixed price
3barre (para bailarines)
4(sport)
  • barra fija -> horizontal bar
  • barras paralelas -> parallel bars
5slash, oblique (signo gráfico)
also:
  • no se paró en barras -> he stopped at nothing to get what he wanted
6gang (informal) (grupo de amigos) (RP); crowd, spectators (público) (Andes, RP)
  • barra brava -> = group of violent soccer supporters

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barra [bar’-rah]
noun
1Iron crow or lever. (f)
2Bar or ingot of gold, silver, etc. 3. (f)
3List or gross-spun thread in cloth. (f)
4A mould for small (wax) candles. (f)
5Lever, rod, cross-bar, chasebar. (Mecahnic) (f)
6The shaft of a carriage. (f)
7The third part of a shield. (Heraldy) (f)
8Spar. (Nautical) (f)
9Bar, or measure. (Music) (f)
10Bar, or railing in a court-room. (f)
  • Estirar la barr -> (Met.) to make the utmost exertions for attaining some purpose
  • Tirar la barr -> (Met.) to increase the price
  • De barra a barra -> from one point to another
  • Barras -> among pack-saddle makers, the arched trees of a pack-saddle
  • Barras de cabrestante y molinete -> (Naut.) the bars of the capstan and windlass
  • Barras de escotilla -> (Naut.) bars of the hatches
  • Barras de portas -> (Naut.) gun-port bars
  • Estar en barras -> (Met.) to be on the point of settling an affair
  • Sin daño de barras -> (Met.) without injury or danger
  • A barras derechas -> fairly
11Public, members of the public; (Cono Sur) Spectators, audience. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
12River mouth, estuary. (Caribbean) (m)
Bar, rock, or sand-bank at the mouth of a harbor.

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barra
sustantivo:femenino
1 (pieza alargada) bar; [de metal] bar; ingot; (en armario) rail; (en un bar) bar; counter; (en autoservicio) counter; (Mecánica) rod; [de bicicleta] crossbar
beber en la barra to drink at the bar; la bandera de las barras y estrellas the Stars and Stripes
a barras derechas honestly
no pararse en barras to stick at nothing
barra americana singles bar
barra antivuelco anti-roll bar
barra de carmín lipstick
barra de cereales cereal bar
barra de chocolate (S. Cone) bar of chocolate; chocolate bar; candy bar; (EEUU)
barra de cortina curtain rod
barra de equilibrio(s) beam
barra de espaciado space bar
barra de herramientas (Informática) toolbar
barra de labios lipstick
barra de pan French stick; French loaf
barra espaciadora space bar
barra estabilizadora anti-roll bar
barra fija horizontal bar; fixed bar
barra libre free bar
barras asimétricas asymmetric bars
barras paralelas parallel bars
2 (Tipografía) (also barra oblicua) oblique stroke; slash
barra inversa backslash
3 (Heráldica) stripe; bar
4 (Náutica) bar; sandbank
5 (Jur) (banquillo) dock
llevar a algn a la barra to bring sb to justice; la Barra (México) the Bar; the legal profession; the Bar Association; (EEUU)
6 (Música) bar
7 (S. Cone) (público) (en concierto, espectáculo) audience; spectators; (p) (Dep) fans; (p) supporters; (p)
había mucha barra there was a big audience
8 (S. Cone) (pandilla) gang; (camarilla) clique; coterie
9 (Caribe) river mouth; estuary

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