barraca

f.

1 shack.

2 stall.

3 thatched farmhouse (in Valencia and Murcia).

4 hut, cabin.

5 shanty, cubbyhole, badly built hut or cabin, cottage.

6 amusement park ride, ride.

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barraca

► nombre femenino

1 (casita) cottage (typical in Valencia and Murcia)

2 (puesto) stall; (caseta de feria) booth

3 (chabola) shack

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I

SF

1) (=cabaña) hut, cabin; [de obreros] workmen's hut; [en Valencia] small farmhouse

2) (=chabola) shanty, hovel

una zona de barracas — an area of shantytown

3) [en feria] stall, booth

una barraca de feria — a fairground stall o booth

barraca de tiro al blanco — shooting gallery

barraca persa — Cono Sur cut-price store

4) And (=depósito) large storage shed; [en mercado] market stall

5)

- creerse algo a la barraca

II

SF LAm (Mil) barracks

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femenino

1) (puesto) stall; (caseta) booth

2) (Mil) barrack hut

3) (casa) adobe house (typical of Valencia and Murcia)

4) (CS) (de materiales de construcción) builders merchant o yard

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= shack, hut, cabin.

Ex. In another survey which examined the information needs of residents of new black urban communities, townships and shack settlements identified problems associated with the labor market and transport.

Ex. Robinson Crusoe kept his books in a hut which seems quite unsatisfactory in view of the tropical climate of the island.

Ex. Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians.

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femenino

1) (puesto) stall; (caseta) booth

2) (Mil) barrack hut

3) (casa) adobe house (typical of Valencia and Murcia)

4) (CS) (de materiales de construcción) builders merchant o yard

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= shack, hut, cabin.

Ex: In another survey which examined the information needs of residents of new black urban communities, townships and shack settlements identified problems associated with the labor market and transport.

Ex: Robinson Crusoe kept his books in a hut which seems quite unsatisfactory in view of the tropical climate of the island.

Ex: Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians.

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barraca

feminine

A (puesto) stall; (caseta) booth

B (Mil) barrack hut

C (casa) cottage (typical of Valencia and Murcia)

D (CS) (de materiales de construcción) builders' merchant o yard

E (Méx) (casucha) shack

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barraca sustantivo femenino

a) (puesto) stall;

(caseta) booth

b) (Mil) barrack hut

c) (casa) adobe house (typical of Valencia and Murcia)

d) (CS) (de materiales de construcción) builders merchant o yard

barraca sustantivo femenino
1 (chabola) shack, hut
2 (caseta de feria) stall
3 Esp thatched cottage from Valencia
'barraca' also found in these entries:
English:
hut
- shed
- stand
- booth
- lumber

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barraca nf

1. [chabola] shack

2. [de feria] [caseta] booth;

[puesto] stall

3. [en Valencia y Murcia] thatched farmhouse

4. RP [tienda] builders' merchant's

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barraca

f

1 (chabola) shack

2 de tiro stand; de feria stall

3 L.Am. (depósito) shed

4

:

barracas pl L.Am. shanty town sg

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barraca nf

1) cabaña, choza: hut, cabin

2) : booth, stall

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barraca n

1. (chabola) shack

el temporal destruyó todas las barracas the storm destroyed all the shacks

2. (de feria) stall

una de las barracas era una tómbola one of the stalls was a tombola