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barra

feminine noun

1. bar (pieza alargada); rod (pieza redonda); block (de hielo); rod (para cortinas); crossbar (de bicicleta)

2. bar (de bar, café)

3. barre (para bailarines)

4. (sport)

5. slash, oblique (signo gráfico)

also:

6. gang (informal) (grupo de amigos) (RP); crowd, spectators (público) (Andes, RP)

barra [bar’-rah]

noun

1. Iron crow or lever. (f)

2. Bar or ingot of gold, silver, etc. 3. (f)

3. List or gross-spun thread in cloth. (f)

4. A mould for small (wax) candles. (f)

5. Lever, rod, cross-bar, chasebar. (Mecahnic) (f)

6. The shaft of a carriage. (f)

7. The third part of a shield. (Heraldy) (f)

8. Spar. (Nautical) (f)

9. Bar, or measure. (Music) (f)

10. Bar, 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

11. Public, members of the public; (Cono Sur) Spectators, audience. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

12. River mouth, estuary. (Caribbean) (m)

Bar, rock, or sand-bank at the mouth of a harbor.


P:	Como se denomina en ingles al proceso paulatino de formación de una barra de…
R:	There is no one word that describes the process. You did a superb job of describing it in your description. I suggest that you google shoals or sandbars…