barriada

/baˈrjaða/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
barriadas

Meaning

  1. district

    • Vive en una barriada humilde.

      She lives in a humble district.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: place. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

distrito

distrito is the more general, formal word for an administrative "district"; barriada refers more to a neighborhood or quarter, sometimes with a working-class connotation.

Similar in other languages

French

district

district is the French word for the same thing — both mean "district."

Portuguese

distrito

distrito is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "district."

Practice

1 What does barriada mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vive en una ___ humilde.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches barriada?

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