In American English, a barrio is a part of a town or city where many Spanish-speaking people live, often a poorer or working-class Latino neighbourhood. You will hear it about places like Los Angeles, New York, or cities in the southwest of the United States: shop signs in Spanish, food from Mexico or the Caribbean, a strong local identity.

In American English在美式英文裡，a barrio is a part of a town or city where many Spanish-speaking people livebarrio指城鎮或城市裡許多說西班牙語的人居住的一個區域，often a poorer or working-class Latino neighbourhood通常是比較貧窮或勞工階層的拉丁裔社區。You will hear it about places like Los Angeles, New York, or cities in the southwest of the United States你會聽到人們用它來說洛杉磯、紐約，或美國西南部的一些城市：shop signs in Spanish, food from Mexico or the Caribbean, a strong local identity西班牙文的店招、來自墨西哥或加勒比海的食物、強烈的在地認同。

English borrowed the word from Spanish, and this is the messy part: in Spanish, barrio is just “neighbourhood.” It need not be poor, and it need not be only for Latino people. English speakers narrowed it.

English borrowed the word from Spanish英文從西班牙文借了這個字，and this is the messy part而這正是麻煩的地方：in Spanish, barrio is just 'neighbourhood.'在西班牙文裡，barrio就只是'鄰里、街區'，It need not be poor不一定是窮的，and it need not be only for Latino people也不一定只指拉丁裔的地方。English speakers narrowed it說英文的人把這個字的意思縮小了。

Some people say it with pride (my barrio, our barrio); used from the outside, it can sound as if the speaker is pointing to “the poor Spanish area,” so tone matters. It is not a swear word, and it is not the same as slum. Use it when you are talking about US (and some Latin American) city life, not as a general word for any crowded street.

Some people say it with pride (my barrio, our barrio)有些人會帶著驕傲說出這個字，像my barrio我的社區、our barrio我們的社區，used from the outside, it can sound as if the speaker is pointing to 'the poor Spanish area,'但如果是外人這樣說，聽起來可能像在指'那個窮的西語區'，so tone matters所以語氣很重要。It is not a swear word它不是髒話，and it is not the same as slum也跟slum（貧民窟）不一樣。Use it when you are talking about US (and some Latin American) city life在講美國（以及部分拉丁美洲）的城市生活時可以用這個字，not as a general word for any crowded street但不要拿它當成任何擁擠街道的通用說法。