barrio

What does barrio mean?

barrio means "a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in barrio?

barrio has 3 syllables: bar-ri-o. The stress falls on "bar". In IPA it is /ˈbɑɹioʊ/.

Is barrio a common word?

barrio is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for barrio come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.