Polyglot Dictionary

bairro

/ˈbajxu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os bairros

Meaning

  1. neighbourhood

    • Moro num bairro tranquilo.

      I live in a quiet neighbourhood.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vizinhança

bairro is more about an official administrative district; vizinhança is more about the immediate surrounding community — both mean "neighbourhood."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

barrio

barrio is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "neighbourhood."

Spanish

vecindad

vecindad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "neighbourhood."

Spanish

vecindario

vecindario is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "neighbourhood."

Practice

1 What does bairro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Moro num ___ tranquilo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bairro?

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