barril

/baˈril/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los barriles

Meaning

  1. barrel

    • El vino está en un barril.

      The wine is in a barrel.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

tonel

tonel is often a larger wooden barrel or cask, like a wine barrel; barril is more general, like a beer or oil barrel.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

barrica

barrica is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "barrel."

Portuguese

barril

barril is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "barrel."

Practice

1 What does barril mean?

2 Fill the gap: El vino está en un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches barril?

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