barril

/baˈxiw/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (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
barris

Meaning

  1. barrel

    • O vinho está no barril.

      The wine is in the 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

barrica

barrica is slightly smaller, a wine-cask specifically; barril is more general, like a beer barrel — both mean "barrel."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

barril

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

Spanish

tonel

tonel is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "barrel."

Practice

1 What does barril mean?

2 Fill the gap: O vinho está no ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches barril?

noun

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