barrio

noun

bar·​rio ˈbär-ē-ˌō 

ˈber-,

ˈba-rē- 

plural barrios

1

: a ward, quarter, or district of a city or town in a Spanish-speaking country

2

: a Spanish-speaking quarter or neighborhood in a city or town in the U.S. especially in the Southwest

Examples of barrio in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Follow More of Our Reporting on Explore more Fort Worth history in photos & untold stories Fort Worth Education lifted him from the barrio. —Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025

Walking onto the set feels like entering a real-life street in the barrio. —Jamie Lang, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025

Gazans Share Pope Francis' Last Message To Christian Palestinians By Raquel Rosario Sánchez Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member opinion 0 The man currently mourned by the world's 1.4 billion Catholics was a boy from a Buenos Aires barrio born to a working-class family of immigrants. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025

Her nickname was literally Paquita from the barrio, of the people. —Leila Cobo, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for barrio

• lothario

Kids Definition

barrio

noun

bar·​rio ˈbär-ē-ˌō  ˈbar- 

plural barrios

: a neighborhood where most of the people speak Spanish