barullo

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps a back-formation from embarullar, from envurullar, from envurullo, from Latin involucrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈɾuʎʊ]

Noun

barullo m (plural barullos)

1. uproar, din
2. disorder

Derived terms

• barulleiro
• barullento

References

• “barullo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “barullo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barullo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barullo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barullo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese barulho, Galician barullo or Asturian barullu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾuʝo/ [baˈɾu.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾuʝo/ [baˈɾu.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baˈɾuʎo/ [baˈɾu.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /baˈɾuʃo/ [baˈɾu.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /baˈɾuʒo/ [baˈɾu.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /baˈɾujo/ [baˈɾu.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -uʝo

• Rhymes: -uʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -uʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -uʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ujo (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: ba‧ru‧llo

Noun

barullo m (plural barullos)

1. uproar, tumult, confusion

   Synonyms: alboroto, bullicio

2. din, noise

Derived terms

• a barullo

Further reading

• “barullo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025