barrio

(Anglès)

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. (Philippines) A rural barangay or neighborhood.
4. (US, informal) An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.

Etimologia (Anglès)

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

Sinònims

borough

city district

district

faubourg

neighborhood

neighbourhood

quarter

suburb

uptown

Traduccions

quartier latino-américain

bairro hispânico

barrio