barena

See also: bāreņa

Italian

Etymology 1

From Old Venetian baro (“uncultivated land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈrɛ.na/, (traditional) /baˈre.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna, (traditional) -ena
• Hyphenation: ba‧rè‧na, (traditional) ba‧ré‧na

Noun

barena f (plural barene)

1. bank, sandbank

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish barrena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈrɛ.na/, /baˈre.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
• Hyphenation: ba‧rè‧na, ba‧ré‧na

Noun

barena f (plural barene)

1. Alternative form of bareno

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barrena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾena/, [baˈɾɪ.na]

Noun

barena

1. drill; auger

Verb

barena

1. to drill holes

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barrena, from Mozarabic barrina, from Late Latin veruina (“long javelin”), from Latin veru (“javelin”). Doublet of balina.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈɾena/ [bɐˈɾɛ.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ba‧re‧na

Noun

barena (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜒᜈ)

1. drill; auger (instrument for creating holes)

   Synonyms: balibol, (obsolete) balina

2. act of drilling with an auger or drill
3. (figurative) lapse of distemper; moment of unreasonable anger

   Synonym: kulukyo

Derived terms

• barenahin
• magbarena

 

Further reading

• “barena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018