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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The most important number at Boca after the 10 of Maradona, Roman and Carlos Tevez: the 12th man, the extra man, the soul of the barrio that sails out of Boca, the mouth of port city Buenos Aires, and takes it to the world.
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James Horncastle, New York Times, 16 June 2025
These sweeps have neighbors on edge, and have transformed the once-lively barrio.
—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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James Horncastle, New York Times, 16 June 2025
These sweeps have neighbors on edge, and have transformed the once-lively barrio.
—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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“Barrio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barrio. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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