What does barba in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word barba in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use barba in Spanish.

The word barba in Spanish means beard, whalebone, chin, Bluebeard, bushy beard, full beard, short beard, Van Dyke beard, goatee, cleft chin, dimple chin, sparse beard, butter up. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word barba

beard

nombre femenino (vello en la cara)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No me gustan los hombres con barba.
I don't like men with beards.

whalebone

nombre femenino (ballena: filtro bucal) (for stiffening)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los trajes antiguos llevaban un corsé de barbas de ballena.
Old costumes were fitted with a whalebone corset.

chin

nombre femenino (mentón, barbilla)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
María, tienes crema en la barba.
Maria, you've got cream on your chin.

Bluebeard

nombre propio masculino (personaje ficticio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El cuento de Barba Azul es uno de los cuentos recopilados y adaptados por Perrault en el siglo XVII más conocidos.

bushy beard

locución nominal femenina (espesa, con mucho pelo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tenía las cejas muy juntas y la barba cerrada lo que le daba un aspecto huraño.

full beard

locución nominal femenina (total, sin espacios)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

short beard

locución nominal femenina (estilo de rasurada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
A Javier le queda bien la barba corta.
Javier looks good with a short beard.

Van Dyke beard

locución nominal femenina (bigote y perilla)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La barba de candado favorece a los hombres que tienen cara redonda.
A Van Dyke beard favors those men who have a round face.

goatee

(gen pl (en el mentón)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Axel usa barba de chivo.

cleft chin, dimple chin

locución nominal femenina (estilo de rasurada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

sparse beard

locución nominal femenina (estilo de rasurada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Muchos hombres usan la barba rala.
Many men go for a sparse beard.

butter up

(GT, MX (adular, lisonjear) (flatter)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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