barrio
See also: Barrio, barrió, and bario
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish barrio, that from Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “wild”).
Noun
barrio (plural barrios)
- (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 barangay.
- 2008, Resil B. Mojares, Beast in the Fields, Gémino H. Abad (editor), Upon Our Own Ground: Filipino short stories in English: 1956 to 1972, page 413,
- In the barrio, they talked excitedly about the wood-gatherer's discovery. There was so much pushing and quibbling over details that by the time the barrio had organized itself to set out for Salug to investigate, dusk had already fallen.
- 2008, Resil B. Mojares, Beast in the Fields, Gémino H. Abad (editor), Upon Our Own Ground: Filipino short stories in English: 1956 to 1972, page 413,
- (informal, US) An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.
- 1993, Diego Vigil, The Established Gang, Scott Cummings, Daniel J. Monti (editors), Gangs: The Origins and Impact of Contemporary Youth Gangs in the United States, page 98,
- After World War II, its prospering working-class white residents moved to other, more upscale suburban developments, and by the 1950s the area had become an isolated ethnic enclave with its own barrio gang.
- 1993, “Mr. Jones”, performed by Counting Crows:
- Mr. Jones and me, stumbling through the barrio
- 1993, Diego Vigil, The Established Gang, Scott Cummings, Daniel J. Monti (editors), Gangs: The Origins and Impact of Contemporary Youth Gangs in the United States, page 98,
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- barrioh
Etymology
From Spanish barrio.
Noun
barrio
- A district of an altepetl.
References
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 211.
Latin
Etymology
From barrus (“elephant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ri.oː/, [ˈbärːioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ri.o/, [ˈbärːio]
Verb
barriō (present infinitive barrīre, perfect active barrīvī, supine barrītum); fourth conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive, Late Latin) to make the sound of an elephant
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- barrītus
References
- “barrio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- barrio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “exterior”), referring to the outer, surrounding or less civilized or urbanized parts of a city, from classical Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “wild”). Compare Portuguese bairro, Catalan barri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbarjo/ [ˈba.rjo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -arjo
- Syllabification: ba‧rrio
Noun
barrio m (plural barrios)
- neighbourhood
- Synonym: vecindario
- un barrio de clase media ― a middle-class neighborhood
- (Mexico) any neighbourhood of the original or ancient part of a city (usually excluding new growth after the 1930s, 40s or 50s, depending on the state or city)
- (Venezuela, Dominican Republic) slum
Usage notes
- In Mexico it has postal value and is obligatory (or else the colonia or fraccionamiento is), alongside the postal code.
Derived terms
- barriada
- barrio bajo
- barrio residencial
- de barrio
Related terms
- barrial
Descendants
- → Cebuano: baryo
- → Classical Nahuatl: barrio
- → English: barrio
- → Maranao: bariyo
- → Tagalog: baryo
See also
- vecindad
- vecindario
Further reading
- “barrio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- barrio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es