barranco
barranco noun: a gully, gulch, or ravine.
Noun
barranco (plural barrancos or barrancoes)
- A gully, gulch, or ravine.
- We remounted at 3 p.m., and for three hours and a half we rode down a goat-track which resembled the depths of a barranco. It was the dry bed of a river, with rocks balanced upon each other […]1867, The Month: A Magazine and Review, page 344
- A little fire burned in the hollow of the dusty barranco, a clear red fire of the kind that gives little light and makes no smoke, and its pale glow showed but feebly against the rock behind.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Barranco
Barranco (plural Barrancos)
- A surname.
Forms of barranco
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | barrancos |
| plural | barrancoes |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Barrancos |
Origin of barranco
Borrowed from Spanish barranco.
Questions about barranco
- What does barranco mean?
- Barranco means a gully, gulch, or ravine.
- What part of speech is barranco?
- Barranco can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of barranco?
- The plural of barranco is barrancos.
Words near barranco in the dictionary
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