bairro
Portuguese, noun/ˈbaj.ʁu/
bairro is spelled B-A-I-R-R-O (6 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 889th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bairro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “neighborhood, area (of a city)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte da cidade ocupada em geral por povos da mesma esfera ou classe”.
What does bairro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneighborhood, area (of a city)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte da cidade ocupada em geral por povos da mesma esfera ou classe
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bairro
- bairros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bairro?
- Brazil /ˈbaj.ʁu/
- Brazil [ˈbaɪ̯.hu]
- /ˈbaj.ʁu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bairro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bairro in Portuguese?
bairro appears 110 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).