Barrio n. (pl. barrios) In Spain and countries colonized by Spain, a village, ward, or district outside a town or city to whose jurisdiction it belongs; in Spanish-speaking areas of cities in the United States, it is a neighborhood, ward, or quarter inside a town.
... Como el marques era un senor muy aprensivo, y como por aquellos dias se temia que hubiese colera en Madrid, se asusto tanto que pocas horas despues era cadaver, con gran sentimiento de los pobres del barrio. ... — A First Spanish Reader • Erwin W. Roessler and Alfred Remy
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