barreira

Barro (“mud, clay”) +‎ -eiro.

• IPA^(key): /baˈrejɾa̝/

barreira f (plural barreiras)

1. slough (muddy area)
2. clay pit (quarry where clay is extracted)
3. cliff, drop, ravine
4. (soccer) wall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)

• Barreira

Barra (“bar”) +‎ -eiro.

• IPA^(key): /baˈrejɾa̝/

barreira f (plural barreiras)

1. barrier, barricade
2. hurdle, fence, parapet

• “barreira”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barreira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barreira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barreira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barreira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barreira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese barreira. By surface analysis, barra +‎ -eira.

• Hyphenation: bar‧rei‧ra

barreira f (plural barreiras)

1. barrier
2. hurdle
3. (soccer) wall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)