Barrios
Spanish family name
Barrios is the plural of barrio, a Spanish word for neighborhood or district.
In American English, barrio typically refers to a Spanish-speaking neighborhood, especially in a city: She grew up in the barrios of East Los Angeles.
The term carries connotations of working-class Latino communities, sometimes with implications of poverty or urban grit.
Public urban ways
- plazasPublic open squares
- bodegasSmall neighborhood grocery shops
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
tenements · sidewalks · casitas · mercados · street vendors · storefronts · density · walkways
Residential districts of towns
- enclavesTerritories surrounded by another
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- solidarityUnity among allies
fiestas · familia · kinship · cultura · identity · folklore · ancestry · cohesion
Organized auditory art
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- gastronomyScience of fine dining
- quinceañerasFifteenth birthday celebrations
- tacosFilled folded tortillas
cumbia · bachata · folklore · festivals · traditions · altars · processions · celebrations
streets
Public urban ways
gentrification · tenements · sidewalks · casitas · mercados · street vendors · storefronts · density · walkways · corners
neighborhoods
Residential districts of towns
- enclavesTerritories surrounded by another
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
solidarity · fiestas · familia · kinship · cultura · identity · folklore · ancestry · cohesion · migrants
music
Organized auditory art
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- gastronomyScience of fine dining
- quinceañerasFifteenth birthday celebrations
tacos · cumbia · bachata · folklore · festivals · traditions · altars · processions · celebrations · dance
Barriossuburbs
Residential areas outside cities
exurbs · rural areas · bedroom communities · countryside · small towns
- language barrierMutual incomprehension across tongues
- barrier reefsOffshore coral formations creating lagoons
- sound barrierMach one transition zone
- blood-brain barrierProtective cerebral filtration system
- break down barriers
- breaking the barrier