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barrios

Bar·rios
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bahr-ryaws]
    • /ˈbɑr rüɔs/
    • /ˈbær.i.əʊ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for barrios

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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