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barrio.

A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.

  2. 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.

  3. A rural barangay or neighborhood.

    Philippines
  4. An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.

    US · informal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish barrio, from Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “wild”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.