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Barrio is a Spanish word meaning "district" or "neighborhood." It's not especially perjorative, and could be used in a Spanish-speaking country to describe an affluent region as well as a poor one.
Ghetto, however, originally was used for a region where Jews were forced by law to live and has come to mean, figuratively, any (generally poor and run-down) area where people of certain socioeconomic classes are forced either legally or economically to live.
In US usage, "Barrio" generally implies that a region is both a ghetto and has a large Spanish-speaking population (it wouldn't normally be used for a poor but predominantly Italian or Polish neighborhood).
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hood refers to the neigborhood and if the "hood" is ghetto then they are the same
What is the pink collar ghetto?
Wage disparity between men and women.
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A ghetto hug is when a guy hugs you by picking you up by your buttocks.
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What does barrio means?
districts or neighborhoods.
What is the difference between the ghetto and the hood?
hood refers to the neigborhood and if the "hood" is ghetto then they are the same
What does barrio fino endirecto mean?
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it's spelled barrio, and it means neighborhood. but sometimes people (at least where I'm from) will use it to refer to the ghetto, kinda like your "hood"
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What was the difference between the ghetto and the life the Jews left behind in Schindler's List?
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What is the birth name of Valentin Barrio?
Valentin Barrio's birth name is Eduardo Valentin Barrio.
Which website has information about the ghetto in Riga Latvia between 1939 and 1946?
The Rita Ghetto page at http://www.rumbula.org/riga_ghetto.shtml Please links below.
How does the comparison between the ghetto and Warsaw help to illustrate the living conditions for Jewish people?
Warsaw was a ghetto, but life was very poor for all jews.
What is the pink collar ghetto?
Wage disparity between men and women.
What does barrio mean in English?
Barrio is Spanish for Neighborhood.
When was Viejo barrio created?
Viejo barrio was created in 1937.
