barrio

IPA: bˈɑrioʊ

(Venezuela, Dominican Republic) A slum on the periphery of a major city; a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city.
(Spanish America) A municipality or subdivision of a municipality.
(Philippines) A rural barangay or neighbourhood.
(informal, US) An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.
A surname from Spanish.

Examples of "barrio" in Sentences

Maripipi used to be a barrio of Naval.
It is located in the barrio of Recoleta.
Formerly this town was a barrio of Baras.
Carnago, a barrio separated from the town.
They lived in the barrio for several years.
From then on Basak was the name of the barrio.
He was the first school teacher in the barrio.
A densely populated barrio, it was a good port.
Artur Barrio is seeking to create an experience.
Now the Spanish word 'barrio' is equivalent to the
Each barrio is like a village where everyone knows everyone´s business.
But in 1883, he too fell into disfavor with Barrios and was forced to resign.
The oldest "barrio" is far from the centre, on the far side of the San Juan river, spanned by a stone bridge.
The EE crew painted this mural as a thankyou to the Colegio Gran Mariscal Sucre in barrio Kami, where we have worked periodically throughout training.
We are designing charlas (informal presentations about a specific theme) to give to a target group at our school in barrio Kami, which is near where we are living.
As for me a white man, born in San Francisco 1971, lived in every ghetto and barrio from the west coast to the east coast, raised by a hippie who has done everything from walking with Rev. King to the DNC 1972 Chicago.