barrio

Meaning

1. (masculine) neighbourhood
2. (Mexico, masculine) any neighbourhood of the original or ancient part of a city (usually excluding new growth after the 1930s, 40s or 50s, depending on the state or city)
3. (Dominican-Republic, Venezuela, masculine) slum

Concepts

quarter

district

neighbourhood

neighborhood

area

ward

borough

slum

city district

suburb

kebelle

mohallah

squatter settlement

part town

barrio

estate

precinct

section

settlement

shantytown

part of town

shanty town

informal settlement

Synonyms

barriada

colonia

distrito

fraccionamiento

vecindad

alrededores

barrio bajo

barrio pobre

casucha

vecindario

villa miseria

barrio de chabolas

kebelle

mohallah

ciudad perdida

pueblo joven

barriada bruja

barriada de emergencia

barrio periférico

barrio marginal

colonia proletaria

colonia de paracaidistas

cantegril

población callampa

bloque

colonia

manzana

🍎

poblado

región

zona

Translations

quartier

quartiere

barri

Stadtviertel

wijk

Stadtteil

Viertel

bairro

buurt

rione

Bezirk

stadswijk

vicinato

favela

Hyphenated as

ba‧rrio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbarjo/

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic: بَرِّيّ

Cognate with Portuguese: bairro

Cognate with Catalan: barri

In summary

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “exterior”), referring to the outer, surrounding or less civilized or urbanized parts of a city, from classical Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “wild”). Compare Portuguese bairro, Catalan barri.

Sentences

En este barrio se encuentra el puerto de El Candado .

In this neighborhood is the port of El Candado.

Se encuentra en el barrio de Triana .

It is located in the Triana neighborhood.

Este barrio es conocido por su carácter popular y reivindicativo .

This neighborhood is known for its popular and vindictive character.

Nació en el barrio porteño de Flores , siendo la menor de cuatro hermanos .

She was born in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Flores, the youngest of four siblings.

Además había un coche que recorría por todo el barrio ofreciendo los productos .

There was also a car that ran around the neighborhood offering the products.

La modista del barrio llega a ser una diseñadora de nombre mundial .

The dressmaker in the neighborhood becomes a world-renowned designer.