bairro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bairro, barrio, from Arabic بَرِيّ (bariyy, “savage”), referring to the outer, surrounding or less civilized or urbanized parts of a city. Compare Spanish barrio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.ʁu/ [ˈbaɪ̯.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.ʁu/ [ˈbaɪ̯.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.ʁu/ [ˈbaɪ̯.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.ʁo/ [ˈbaɪ̯.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.ʁu/

• Hyphenation: bair‧ro

Noun

bairro m (plural bairros)

1. neighborhood, area (of a city)

Derived terms

• abairrar
• bairro de lata
• barrio nobre
• bairrismo