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bairro.

neighborhood, area (of a city)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaj.ʁu/Brazil[ˈbaɪ̯.hu]Brazil/ˈbaj.ʁu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈbaɪ̯.χu]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. neighborhood, area (of a city)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese bairro, barrio, from Arabic بَرِيّ (bariyy, “savage”), referring to the outer, surrounding or less civilized or urbanized parts of a city. Compare Spanish barrio.

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