noun, feminine/ˈbara/plural: barras
bar, rod (a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length); bar (a counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.); bar (various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in ¹⁄₂)); slash ("/" symbol); backslash ("\" symbol)
Synonyms: barra vertical, barra de fracción, barra inclinada, barra oblicua, barra invertida, barra inversa, porra
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barra. Cognate with French barre and English bar. Doublet of bar.