Portuguese

barranco (dirt cliff)

barranco (gully)

Noun

barranco m (plural barrancos)

1. a dirt cliff, especially one at the edge of a river or road
2. gully (trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow)

Synonyms

• (dirt cliff): barranca, ribanceira
• (gully): voçoroca (Brazil)

Related terms

• barranca
• barrancoso

Spanish

Noun

barranco m ‎(plural barrancos)

1. ravine
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict:

     A little fire burned in the hollow of the dusty barranco, a clear red fire of the kind that gives little light and makes no smoke, and its pale glow showed but feebly against the rock behind.

Synonyms

• cañada
• cañon
• quiebra
• quebrada