barrio
Spanish, noun
barrio is spelled B-A-R-R-I-O (6 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,240th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barrio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “neighbourhood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, barrió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of barrer”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte en que se divide una población o un distrito”.
What does barrio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneighbourhood
un barrio de clase media
- 2
Mexicomasculineany 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)
- 3
masculineslum
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of barrer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte en que se divide una población o un distrito. 2. Lugar que se encuentra a las afueras de un pueblo o ciudad. 3. Caserío, aldea o conjunto de casas dependientes de otra población. 4. Barrio bajo, asentamiento humano no planificado ni organizado de personas de estrato social ínfimo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of barrio
- barrios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to barrio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barrio in Spanish?
barrio appears 71 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).