vara
B2#7,905Hear it
noun
- rod, polea long thin stick
- roda thin cane or branch
- roda staff of office
- lance
- vara, a Spanish rod or yarda traditional unit of length equivalent to about 83.7 cm
Forms
noun
| singular | vara |
|---|---|
| plural | varas |
Used in the library
- El abuelo camina con una vara de olivo.The grandfather walks with an olive-wood stick.B2Una vez más (4) — Once more (4) (B2)
- El pastor camina con una vara de avellano.The shepherd walks with a hazel stick.B2Una vez más (9) — Once more (9) (B2)
- El pastor lleva una vara para guiar a las llamas.The shepherd carries a stick to guide the llamas.B2Otra vez, por favor (13) — Once more, please (13) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- barrabar, rod (a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length); bar (a counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.)
- bastónwalking stick, staff, cane; baton (in a marching band)
- estándarstandard
- palostake, stick, wood; suit
- ramabranch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing); offshoot (that which develops from something else)
- vergapole, rod (long and thin stick); yardarm; yard (spar on a mast from which sails are set)