barrio
barrio — noun
- barriosingular
- barriosplural
1. A Spanish-speaking district inside a US city, where many households have limited
A Spanish-speaking district inside a US city, where many households have limited income and the area typically receives fewer public services than more affluent parts of town.
Tomás grew up in a barrio near downtown LA where most neighbours spoke Spanish.
The old barrio had few parks and one small grocery store for many families.
Adisa volunteered at a youth centre in the barrio, teaching English to recent immigrants.
The city promised new housing and a clinic in the east-side barrio.
Sayaka wrote her university paper about how the barrio changed after the subway line opened.
- neighbourhood
General term for any residential area; barrio adds the specific cultural and linguistic context of a Spanish-speaking community.
- quarter
Often used for historic or ethnic districts (e.g. French Quarter); barrio is specifically tied to Latino identity in the US.
- district
More administrative; barrio carries social and cultural meanings that a neutral district does not.
文法句型
in + the + barrio
barrio + of + city name
用法筆記
Common in discussions of urban life, immigration, and Latino culture in the United States. Some residents use the word with pride to refer to their cultural community, but it can carry negative stereotypes of poverty in non-Latino speech.
常見錯誤
2. An officially recognised neighbourhood unit inside a municipality in Spain or La
An officially recognised neighbourhood unit inside a municipality in Spain or Latin America, used for local administration and community identity, similar to a ward in English-speaking cities.
Élise rented a small apartment in a quiet barrio on the north side of Barcelona.
Each barrio in Mexico City has its own market, church, and local festival.
each barrio has [own] — describing local features of an administrative division
Niran's guidebook called the barrio the oldest part of the city, with narrow stone streets.
The mayor promised to fix the streetlights in every barrio before the rainy season began.
When Walid moved to Seville, he chose a barrio close to the university.
- district
The closest general equivalent in English; barrio is the specific term used in Spanish-speaking administrative systems.
- ward
Emphasises the political or electoral aspect of the division; barrio covers both social and administrative identity.
- quarter
Often used in tourist or historic contexts; barrio is the standard everyday word in Spanish-speaking cities.
文法句型
each + barrio
one of the + barrios + of + city name
barrio + prepositional phrase
用法筆記
In Spain and Latin America, barrio is a neutral administrative term, not necessarily tied to poverty or ethnicity. It functions like 'ward' or 'district' in English — any resident of a city belongs to one barrio or another.