el
masculine
/bar/
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Translation
bar, pub, cafe
Word origin
Borrowed from English 'bar' (a drinking establishment), which goes back through Old French barre to Vulgar Latin barra ('bar, rod'). The same source gives English 'barrier' and 'barrel'.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- bar
- English cognates
- bar, barrier
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralbares
Examples
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We meet at the usual bar at eight to have something before dinner.
cincuenta .
The bar on the corner has been open for more than fifty years on the same premises.
, celebrar .
After the match, everyone went to the bar to celebrate the victory.
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I worked in a bar throughout last summer.
barrio.
That bar serves the best food in the neighbourhood.
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