barriada

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barriada

  • [baˈrjað̞a]
  • [bariˈað̞a]

Rhymes with a.da

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De barrio y el sufijo -ada.

noun barriadas

  1. Barrio, especialmente el que se ubica en la periferia de una ciudad.
  2. Barrio marginal, compuesto de viviendas toscas.
  3. Parte de un barrio.

In English

  • ghetto area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated

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@misc{barriada_2026,
  title = {barriada},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/barriada},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}