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barrio

[ bahr-ee-oh, bar-; Spanish bahr-ryaw ]

noun

, plural bar·ri·os [bahr, -ee-ohz, bar, -, bahr, -, r, yaws].
  1. (in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.
  2. a part of a large U.S. city, especially a crowded inner-city area, inhabited chiefly by a Spanish-speaking population.


barrio

/ ˈbarrjo; ˈbærɪəʊ /

noun

  1. a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city, esp in the US
  2. a Spanish-speaking community


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Word History and Origins

Origin of barrio1

First recorded in 1890–95; from Spanish: literally, “district, neighborhood,” from Arabic barrī “of open country” (equivalent to barr “outside, open country” + -i adjective suffix) + -o Spanish noun suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of barrio1

from Spanish, from Arabic barrī of open country, from barr open country

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Example Sentences

The majority of the violence in Honduras is carried out by two main gangs, Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, and Barrio 18.

A print of it is in the survey of Caribbean art now at the Museo del Barrio in New York.

My aventura began in El Barrio, also known as Spanish Harlem, at a little taqueria called Taco Mix.

Alberto often pushed a shopping cart through his barrio, collecting cans for spare cash to support himself and his mayate.

“We used to worry that we would become the next Barrio San Antonio,” said Maldonado.

Father and mother and Fil have spoken to the Padre, and the barrio-elders; and everything is arranged.

The barrio-saint—really, the small statue of the patron saint of the village—was carried at the head of the procession.

Entre les plus importants est celui de Guichicovi que j'avais laiss ma droite en venant de la plaine de Xochiapa au Barrio.'

This is Quesada's native barrio, true; but he is no friend of Jacinto Quesada.

Father Sandoval, chaplain at the Hacienda del Barrio, was to a great extent the cause of this determination.

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