barrio.
A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.
Meaning & usage
A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.
A slum on the periphery of a major city, or a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city, in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic.
A rural barangay or neighborhood.
An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish barrio, from Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “wild”).
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