| Principal Translations |
| bar n | (pub) | bar nm |
| | (voz inglesa) | pub nm |
| | (ES) | tasca nf |
| | | cantina nf |
| | The new bar in town serves lots of different beers. |
| | El nuevo bar de la ciudad ofrece toda clase de cervezas. |
| bar n | (counter in a pub) | barra nf |
| | | mostrador del bar nm + loc adj |
| | The cowboy walked up to the bar and ordered a beer. |
| | El vaquero se acercó a la barra del bar y pidió una cerveza. |
| bar n | (iron, steel post) (construcción) | barra nf |
| | | varilla nf |
| | The concrete walls are reinforced with steel bars. |
| | Los muros de cemento se han reforzado con barras de acero. |
| bars npl | (steel grille in prison, etc.) | barrotes nmpl |
| | | barras nfpl |
| | | rejas nfpl |
| | The convicted criminal looked out through the bars of his prison cell. |
| | El convicto miró a través de los barrotes de su celda. |
| bar n | (rod) | barra fija loc nom f |
| | | barra, barreta nf |
| | He used a metal bar to vandalise several parked cars. |
| | Usaba una barra fija para robar autos estacionados. |
bar,
bar of [sth] n | (snack: block of [sth]) | barra nf |
| | Sandy treated herself to a bar of chocolate. |
| | I usually have a cereal bar for breakfast. |
| | Sandy se premió a sí misma con una barra de chocolate. |
| bar n | (gym apparatus) | barra nf |
| | The gymnast was performing an exercise on the bar. |
| | El gimnasta estaba realizando un ejercicio en la barra. |
| bar [sb]⇒ vtr | (exclude, ban) | prohibir la entrada a loc verb |
| | | vetar a vtr + prep |
| | The disco has barred Andy because of his crazy antics. |
| | En la discoteca prohibieron la entrada a Andy a causa de sus gamberradas. |
| bar [sb] from doing [sth] vtr + prep | often passive (exclude, ban from doing [sth]) | prohibir⇒ vtr |
| | | impedir⇒ vtr |
| | The judge barred Lewis from driving for a year. |
| | El juez le prohibió a Lewis conducir durante un año. |
| Additional Translations |
| bar n | (line) | banda magnética loc nom f |
| | Place your bank card so the side showing the bar is uppermost. |
| | Por favor, coloque su tarjeta de crédito con la banda magnética hacia arriba. |
| bar n | (exclusion) | veto nm |
| | | prohibición nf |
| | Because of his behaviour, he was subject to a bar in many of the town's shops. |
| | Con su comportamiento se ganó el veto de entrada en la mayoría de las tiendas del barrio. |
| bar n | (music) | compás nm |
| | The composer hummed a few bars of his new song. |
| | El compositor tarareó algunos compases de su nueva canción. |
| the bar n | UK (law court) | estrado nm |
| | The solicitor leaned over the bar to talk to the barrister. |
| | El abogado del municipio se inclinó sobre el estrado para hablar con su colega. |
| bar n | UK (box for accused in court) | banquillo de los acusados grupo nom |
| | The prisoner at the bar looked very worried. |
| | El prisionero sentado en el banquillo de los acusados, tenía aspecto preocupado. |
| the bar n | (legal profession) (profesiones) | Colegio de Abogados grupo nom |
| | (MX) | barra de abogados grupo nom |
| | The California bar approved Mr. Black to practice law. |
| | El Colegio de Abogados dio al Sr. Brown su matrícula para poder ejercer. |
| bar n | (sandbank) | banco de arena grupo nom |
| | The fishing boat ran aground on a bar. |
| | El pesquero encalló en un banco de arena. |
| bar n | (pressure unit) | bar nm |
| | During the storm, the pressure dropped to twenty-eight bars. |
| | Durante la tormenta, la presión bajó a 28 bares. |
| bar n | (place where [sth] is sold) | puesto nm |
| | A new juice bar opened recently near campus. |
| | Han abierto un nuevo puesto de zumos cerca del campus. |
| bar n | (electric fire heating element) | resistencia nf |
| | The bars on the electric fire were glowing with a bright orange colour. |
| | Las resistencias de la calefacción eléctrica brillaban con un color naranja. |
| bar n | UK (insignia, award) (militar) | barra nf |
| | | broche nm |
| | | insignia nf |
| | He won the Distinguished Conduct Medal and bar in the war. |
| | Ganó la barra de medalla a la conducta destacada en la guerra. |
| bar n | US (metal bar on uniform) | barra nf |
| | You can tell his rank by the number of bars on his uniform. |
| | Puedes saber su rango por el número de barras que hay en su uniforme. |
| bar n | (authority, threshold) | nivel nm |
| | | umbral nm |
| | The content of this film is well below the bar of decency, so it ought to be banned. |
| | El contenido de esta película está muy por debajo del nivel de la decencia, así que deberían censurarla. |
| bar n | often plural (indicator of signal strength) | barra nf |
| | (informal) | barrita nf |
| | The signal is so poor around here, I can only get one bar. |
| | La señal es tan mala por aquí, solo tengo una barra. |
| bar prep | (except) | salvo adv |
| | I hate all vegetables bar carrots. |
| | Odio todas las verduras salvo las zanahorias. |
| bar [sth]⇒ vtr | (shut with a bar) | atrancar⇒ vtr |
| | For safety, Simon bars his door every night. |
| | Como medida preventiva, Simón atranca la puerta todas las noches. |
| bar [sth] vtr | (obstruct) | bloquear⇒ vtr |
| | The security officers barred the entrance to the bank. |
| | Los vigilantes bloquearon la entrada al banco. |
| bar [sth] vtr | (draw stripes on) | hacer franjas loc verb |
| | I am going to paint this wall white, then bar it in black. |
| | Pintaré el muro de color blanco y luego le haré franjas de color negro. |
| bar [sth] vtr | (shut in or out) | atrancar⇒ vtr |
| | All of the exits had been barred, and there was no way to escape. |
| | Todas las salidas habían sido atrancadas, y no había modo de escapar. |