noun · #445
neighbourhood
Example: El barrio es muy tranquilo.
The neighbourhood is very quiet.
Spanish → English
el barrio
el barrio is Spanish for neighbourhood.
What el barrio means
How common is it?
el barrio is ranked #445 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to el barrio — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- el aeropuerto — airport
- la calle principal — main street
- el centro — centre, downtown
- el pueblo — village; people
- el campo — countryside; field
- la montaña — mountain
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22