bareta

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay berita or warta, from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā, “news”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾetaʔ/ [baˈɾe.taʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧re‧ta

Noun

baretà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜍᜒᜆ)

1. news

   Synonyms: notisya, bantulin, pabantulin

Alternative forms

• barita

Derived terms

• baretaan
• ibareta
• mabaretaan
• magbareta
• makabareta

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish barreta (“crowbar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾeta/ [baˈɾe.ta]
• Hyphenation: ba‧re‧ta

Noun

baréta (Basahan spelling ᜊᜍᜒᜆ)

1. a bar of soap
2. (rare) crowbar

   Synonym: kabra

Derived terms

• baretahon
• magbareta

See also

• sabon

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾeta/ [baˈɾe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ba‧re‧ta

Noun

bareta f (plural baretas)

1. (Colombia) marijuana

   Synonyms: marihuana, cannabis, cáñamo

Further reading

• “bareta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barreta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈɾeta/ [bɐˈɾɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ba‧re‧ta

Noun

bareta (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜒᜆ)

1. bar (a cuboid piece of any solid commodity)

   isang bareta ng sabon ― a bar of soap

   isang bareta ng ginto ― a bar of gold

   isang bareta ng tsokolate ― a bar of chocolate

2. soap bar

   Synonyms: sabon, pastilyas de-sabon

3. iron bar for digging

   Synonyms: landok, landol, ligkal, panigkal, taktak

4. crowbar

   Synonym: bareta de-kabra

Derived terms

• baretahin

Related terms

• bareta de-kabra

Further reading

• “bareta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018