barrio
(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.
a part of a large U.S. city, especially a crowded inner-city area, inhabited chiefly by a Spanish-speaking population.
Origin of barrio
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How to use barrio in a sentence
In the past few years, the former working class barrio has welcomed young creatives and entrepreneurs without losing its sense of community.
Dogged by a number of complaints, Barrios ended up pausing his campaign after Gómez and others dropped their support.
Morning Report: 2021 Taught Us the Housing Commission Needed Reform | Voice of San Diego | December 22, 2021 | Voice of San Diegobarrio Logan residents are no strangers to fighting for their neighborhood.
Chapter Closes on Years-long Fight for Barrio Logan’s Community Plan | Andrea Lopez-Villafaña | December 8, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoA lot has happened in America, and to the communities in the barrio, since In the Heights’ Broadway debut, its struggles to make it to the big screen, and its delayed release.
The long-awaited In the Heights movie is electrifying and perfectly timed | Alissa Wilkinson | May 21, 2021 | Voxbarrio Logan residents called for more orderly zoning to keep semi-trucks from barreling down residential streets and industries from popping up next to homes over the decades.
Barrio Logan Tries, Again, to Determine Its Own Future | MacKenzie Elmer | March 29, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
The majority of the violence in Honduras is carried out by two main gangs, Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, and barrio 18.
The Awful Facts Behind the White House's Plan to Help Honduras | Caitlin Dickson | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA 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.
Best Mexican Food in New York City: The Daily Beast Takes a Tour | Michelle Gross | May 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAlberto 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.
Fil and Filippa | John Stuart ThomsonThe barrio-saint—really, the small statue of the patron saint of the village—was carried at the head of the procession.
Fil and Filippa | John Stuart ThomsonEntre les plus importants est celui de Guichicovi que j'avais laiss ma droite en venant de la plaine de Xochiapa au barrio.'
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 | Hubert Howe BancroftThis is Quesada's native barrio, true; but he is no friend of Jacinto Quesada.
The Wolf Cub | Patrick CaseyFather Sandoval, chaplain at the Hacienda del barrio, was to a great extent the cause of this determination.
The Queen of the Savannah | Gustave Aimard
British Dictionary definitions for barrio
/ (ˈbærɪəʊ, Spanish ˈbarrjo) /
a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city, esp in the US
a Spanish-speaking community
Origin of barrio
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