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noun, feminine

barricada

/bariˈkada/

noun, feminine/bariˈkada/plural: barricadas

barricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)

Synonyms: valla

Borrowed from French barricade. By surface analysis, barrica (“cask”) + -ada (“group”), referring to the first street barricades in Paris, which were composed of casks filled with earth, paving stones, etc.

barricada — Spanish Dictionary | Passage