barrio
A slum on the periphery of a major city, or a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city, in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic.
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Sobretodo de mexicanos ,venezolanos millonarios (a saber de dónde viene su dinero 🙄) que compran casoplones en el barrio de Salamanca , verdad , bonita 🙄🤔😡?
Calidad del Aire, mas info en: AireLib.re 2026-05-05 14:00 Top 😷 Villa Adela - Luque: 27 - 🟢👍 Libre Barrio Loma-Caacupe: 13 - 🟢👍 Libre
uh me mandé cualquiera mal le erré de barrio y eso que soy peronista y bostero kjjj
El barrio de Los Flores está conmocionado por el trágico fallecimiento de una niña de 3 años. La comunidad se muestra consternada y ofrece apoyo a la familia.
te recomiendo Sueños de barrio de La 25, bien peronista y bostera la culpa de que el comando /music haya fallado la tiene macri
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A slum on the periphery of a major city, or a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city, in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic.
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A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.
"barrio" means: A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"barrio" means: A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“El barrio de Los Flores está conmocionado por el trágico fallecimiento de una niña de 3 años. La comunidad se muestra consternada y ofrece apoyo a la familia.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Philippines) A rural barangay or neighborhood.
Mr. Jones and me, stumbling through the barrio
“Sobretodo de mexicanos ,venezolanos millonarios (a saber de dónde viene su dinero 🙄) que compran casoplones en el barrio de Salamanca , verdad , bonita 🙄🤔😡?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Calidad del Aire, mas info en: AireLib.re 2026-05-05 14:00 Top 😷 Villa Adela - Luque: 27 - 🟢👍 Libre Barrio Loma-Caacupe: 13 - 🟢👍 Libre”
— Bluesky· May 2026“uh me mandé cualquiera mal le erré de barrio y eso que soy peronista y bostero kjjj”
— Bluesky· May 2026“te recomiendo Sueños de barrio de La 25, bien peronista y bostera la culpa de que el comando /music haya fallado la tiene macri”
— Bluesky· May 2026“No es como si hubiera tenido otra opción que aceptar. Si no, que le digan a Vorona, que estuvo a un 50/50 conseguir un billete en clase business con el otro barrio como destino. Si Lorenzo se encontrara en una situación así, le explotaría el corazón de la incertidumbre antes >”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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