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
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These sweeps have neighbors on edge, and have transformed the once-lively barrio.
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 7 June 2025
Life in the barrios of Honduras is difficult for most Americans to even begin to picture.
—Katherine Corcoran, New York Times, 20 May 2025
The most serious accusation, made by investigative journalist Horacio Verbitsky in his book El Silencio, is that Bergoglio, as head of Argentina’s Society of Jesus, failed to protect two young priests, who had been working to improve the lives of the poor in the barrios of Buenos Aires.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
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Education lifted him from the barrio.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2025
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 7 June 2025
Life in the barrios of Honduras is difficult for most Americans to even begin to picture.
—Katherine Corcoran, New York Times, 20 May 2025
The most serious accusation, made by investigative journalist Horacio Verbitsky in his book El Silencio, is that Bergoglio, as head of Argentina’s Society of Jesus, failed to protect two young priests, who had been working to improve the lives of the poor in the barrios of Buenos Aires.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
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How Willie Nelson changed country music in a little North Texas town 50 years ago
May 14, 2025 5:50 AM
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Education lifted him from the barrio.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for barrio
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“Barrio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barrio. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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