Definition of "barrio" in English

noun

1. A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.

2. 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.

3. (Philippines) A rural barangay or neighborhood.

4. (informal, US) An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.