bar
A. -noun
1. (=piece)
a. [of wood, metal] barra (f)
b. [of soap] pastilla (f)
c. [of chocolate] tableta (f)
2. (=lever) palanca (f) (on electric fire) resistencia (f)
a. [of window, cage etcetera] reja (f) (on door) tranca (f)
·behind bars
·entre rejas
·to put somebody behind bars
·encarcelar a somebody, someone
·to spend three years behind bars
·pasar tres años entre rejas
3. (=hindrance) oneselfáculo (m) (to para)
·it is a bar to progress
·es un oneselfáculo para el progreso
4. (=ban) prohibiciónoun (f) (on de)
5. (=pub)   bar (m), cantina (f) especially Latin America
(=counter)   barra (f), mostrador (m)
6. (law, legal)
·the Bar
(=persons) el colegio de abogados
(=profession) la abogacía, la Barra Mexico
·the prisoner at the bar
el/la acusadoa
·to be called or > admitted to the Bar
(United States) recibirse de abogado, ingresar en la abogacía
7. (British, Great Britain) (music)
(=measure, rhythm) compánoun (m)
B. -transitive verb
1. (=obstruct)
[+way] obstruir
2. (=prevent)
[+progress] impedir
3. (=exclude) excluir (from de)
(=ban) prohibir
·to be barred from a club
·ser excluido de un club
·to bar somebody from doing something
·prohibir a somebody, someone hacer algo
4. (=fasten)
[+door, window] atrancar
C. -compound
·bar billiards -noun
(British, Great Britain) billar (m) americano
·bar chart -noun cuadro (m) de barras
·bar code -noun código (m) de barras
·bar girl * -noun
(United States) camarera (f) de barra
·bar graph -noun
(especially United States) gráfico (m) de barras
·bar stool -noun taburete (m) (de bar)