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

  • Hyphenation: bair‧ro

Noun

bairro m (plural bairros)

  1. neighborhood, area (of a city)

Derived terms

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