barrio.

A neighborhood or urban district, especially in Spanish-speaking settings or communities.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• historic barrio
• neighborhood barrio

On the page

The historic barrio woke to the sound of shutters lifting.

She knew every courtyard in the barrio where her grandmother lived.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular barrio; plural barrios. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.