Meanings (ES + gloss)
barra • tortor
A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.
We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.
pastilla (de jabón) • tableta
A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
bar of chocolate
bar of soap
bar • taberna
A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
The street was lined with all-night bars.
barra
The counter of such premises.
Step up to the bar and order a drink.
minibar
A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
prohibición
An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
The club has lifted its bar on women members.
abogacía
Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
He was called to the bar.
barra • listón
Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
to raise the bar
to set the bar high/low
barra
A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
Travellers change at Batoum into a steamer which performs the service between that port and Poti, and which has a less draught of water to enable it to cross the bar of the river R…
Phrases
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Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
barrear
To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me throu…
Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.
barrear • barretear • embarrar
To lock or bolt with a bar.
to bar the door