barraca

== Catalan == === Etymology === Diminutive of barra (“clay, mud”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, probably ultimately from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈra.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [baˈra.ka] === Noun === barraca f (plural barraques) hut, tent storage shed market stall barrack ==== Derived terms ==== barraquer ==== Descendants ==== → French: baraque (see there for further descendants) → Portuguese: barraca (see there for further descendants) → Spanish: barraca === References === === Further reading === “barraca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “barraca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “barraca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “barraca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Catalan barraca; see barro. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -akɐ Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧ca === Noun === barraca f (plural barracas) tent hut stall (at the fair) sunshade ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Gujarati: બરાક (barāk) === Further reading === “barraca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “barraca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Catalan barraca; see barro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈraka/ [baˈra.ka] Rhymes: -aka Syllabification: ba‧rra‧ca === Noun === barraca f (plural barracas) barrack storage shed tent, hut Synonyms: choza, cabaña ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: baracca → Turkish: baraka === Further reading === “barraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025