barriada

English

Etymology

From Spanish barriada.

Noun

barriada (plural barriadas)

1. A shanty town or slum in any of several Peruvian cities

Related terms

• barrio

Anagrams

• arribada, baradari

Spanish

Etymology

From barrio +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈrjada/ [baˈrja.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧rria‧da

Noun

barriada f (plural barriadas)

1. shanty town, barriada
2. neighborhood

Descendants

• → English: barriada

Further reading

• “barriada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28