Barro
barrare
v.
bar
barro (m)
n.
clay; paste; mud
barrar
v.
smear, spread something across or over a surface, smudge
barrer
v.
sweep; sweep away; rake; scavenge; achieve an overwhelming victory; look after oneself; (Mexico) grovel
barro (m)
n.
clay, earthenware, loam, dirt, mud
barrar
v.
bar, spread, smear
barro
= mud, clay, earthenware.
Ex: Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead = Desde entonces, se han probado muchos materiales para producir los tipos de imprenta, incluido el barro cocido, los tallados en madera, el cobre, el estaño y el plomo.
Ex: Even 1950-2000 is a fairly short time, considering that the first library catalog dates from a piece of clay fried in 3000 BC = Incluso 1950-2000 es un tiempo bastante corto, considerando que el primer catálogo de biblioteca data de un trozo de arcilla cocida del 3000 A.C.
Ex: It was produced in earthenware, metalwork and bone china and in its heyday was used by the great transatlantic liners and by hotel and restaurant chains.
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* baño de barro = mud bath.
* bola de barro = mudpie.
* cubierto de barro = muddy [muddier -comp., muddiest -sup,].
* manchado de barro = draggled.
* objeto de barro = earthenware.
* revolcarse en el barro = wallow in + the mud.
* tablilla de barro = clay tablet.
barrer
= sweep, sweep + Nombre + off, sweep up.
Ex: Her eyes swept the room and then enveloped him in an icy glare.
Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.
Ex: Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?.
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* barrer hacia dentro = feather + Posesivo/the + nest.
* barrer para dentro = feather + Posesivo/the + nest.
* barrido por el viento = windswept.