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barrio
noun as in inner city
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
It’s a charming barrio, and it’s been under siege, like many other neighborhoods in the Windy City.
Similarly, reggaetón developed in the working-class barrios and public housing developments of Puerto Rico.
For children in barrios who can now expect ICE and Border Patrol trucks to cruise past their schools searching for adults and even teens to detain — it’s already happened.
She looked and sounded like an older cousin who grew up in the barrio and now lives in Downey, trying to sound hard in front of her bemused cholo relatives.
By contrast, Boca have always remained in their spiritual home, the famous La Bombonera stadium that is seemingly dropped into the middle of the 'barrio', a high-poverty district of the city.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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