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- [bahr-ryaws]
- /ˈbɑr rüɔs/
- /ˈbær.i.əʊ/
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- [bahr-ryaws]
- /ˈbɑr rüɔs/
Definitions of barrios word
- noun barrios Justo Rufino [hoo-staw roo-fee-naw] /ˈhu stɔ ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–85, Guatemalan statesman: president of Guatemala 1873–85. 1
- noun plural barrios (in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided. 1
- noun plural barrios a part of a large U.S. city, especially a crowded inner-city area, inhabited chiefly by a Spanish-speaking population. 1
- noun barrios Plural form of barrio. 1
- noun barrios plural of barrio. 0
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Origin of barrios
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
1890-95; < Spanish < Arabic barrī of open country (barr outside, open country + -ī adj. suffix)
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Parts of speech for Barrios
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barrios popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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noun barrios
- sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- region — an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
Antonyms for barrios
noun barrios
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- mercilessness — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
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