barragem

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French barrage. By surface analysis, barrar (“to bar”) +‎ -agem. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʒẽj̃, (Portugal) -aʒɐ̃j̃ Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧gem === Noun === barragem f (plural barragens) dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water) Synonym: represa === References === === Further reading === “barragem”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026