Barrio in english
pronunciation: neɪbɜrhʊd part of speech: noun
barrer1 = sweep up ; sweep.
Example: Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?.Example: The hall must be swept, vacuumed and mopped after the function.more:
» barrer el suelo = sweep + the floor .
Example: Portrait of a woman sweeping the floor with a broom picture.» barrer hacia dentro = feather + Posesivo/the + nest .
Example: The article 'Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.» barrer para casa = look after + number one ; feather + Posesivo/the + nest ; look out for + number one .
Example: The article is entitled 'Looking after number one'. Example: The article 'Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times. Example: Never allow anything to have a higher priority than looking out for number one -- you are all you have.» barrer para dentro = feather + Posesivo/the + nest .
Example: The article 'Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.barrer2 = sweep ; sweep + Nombre + off ; trounce ; win by + a landslide ; storm to + victory ; knock + Posesivo + socks off ; win + big ; walk all over + Alguien ; get + goose-egged ; knock + the socks out of.
Example: Her eyes swept the room and then enveloped him in an icy glare.Example: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.Example: Defending champions Japan fought back from 1-0 behind to trounce Thailand 4-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals.Example: The polls mean nothing at this point -- if he wins by a landslide fantastic but we are in June not October, long way between there and now.Example: Labour's David Lammy stormed to victory in the Tottenham Parliamentary election with a thumping majority.Example: My favorite memory was upending the number one team in the tournament last year -- they were so cocky, and we came out and knocked their socks off.Example: France wins big in European Swimming Championships.Example: The Scouses were the first real challenge for Fulham this season but they were walked all over by the Londoners.Example: Both of these teams suffered the humiliation of getting goose-egged on the scoreboard Thursday night.Example: We want him to knock the socks out of anyone who's in his way, we want to see the world recognize him.barrio = block ; ward ; quarter ; burb ; local community ; neighbourhood [neighborhood, -USA] ; hood.
Example: And what really hurt was that one of them lives on my block and is in no way what you would call a 'delinquent' child.Example: A total of 868 personal interviews were conducted with residents in tree wards (inner city and suburban).Example: The library is located in the marginalized quarter of the city of Guatemala.Example: Townie is in fact a derogatory reference to those who are born and raised in that type of burg or burb, and are assumed to be of inferior intellectual promise.Example: Involving local communities is crucial to prevent and control destructive forest fires.Example: Their first-hand knowledge of the community and commitment to its problems has been invaluable in ensuring that NACs respond sympathetically and swiftly to the needs of the neighbourhood.Example: These new people in my hood freak me out.more:
» a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based .
Example: It is impossible to estimate the number of independent neighbourhood-based advice and information services currently in existence.» asesoría de barrio (NAC) = neighbourhood advice centre (NAC) .
Example: The most significant development in the field of information and advice services has been the phenomenal growth of neighbourhood advice centres (NAC).» asistente social de barrio = community worker .
Example: Its main value, however, was in forging close links with the community workers, which proved invaluable when it came to compiling the local information file.» barrio bajo = slum ; skid row .
Example: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city. Example: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.» barrio chino, el = Chinatown .
Example: If you are looking for the best reasonably priced sushi your best bet is almost certainly Sushi-Hiro in Chinatown.» barrio de chabolas = slum .
Example: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.» barrio de los pobres = lower town .
Example: 'Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.» barrio de los ricos = upper town .
Example: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.» barrio dormitorio = bedroom community [Zona residencial de una ciudad de donde la gente se desplaza temprano a la ciudad a trabajar y a donde vuelve tras una jornada intensiva de trabajo] .
Example: Hernandez soon discovered that Rolling Ridge was not, by any stretch of the imagination, anything like the suburban bedroom community of Colony Park.» barrio marginado = deprived area .
Example: CAP neighbourhood centers bear a strong resemblance to the neighbourhood advice centres which sprang up in the 1970s in the deprived areas of British cities.» barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area .
Example: One of the first initiatives in providing a community information service in a public library took place in a deprived inner-city area.» barrio pobre = slum .
Example: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.» barrio pobre del centro de la ciudad = inner-city suburb ; inner-city area .
Example: He lived with his mother and two younger sisters in an inner-city suburb and worked as a storeman at a local supermarket. Example: One of the first initiatives in providing a community information service in a public library took place in a deprived inner-city area.» barrio residencial = residential neighbourhood .
Example: Findings in this paper demonstrate that these new residential neighbourhoods are characterised by a lack of 'neighbourliness'.» barrio residencial de las afueras = suburb [En la sociedad occidental moderna, zonas situadas en las afueras de una ciudad donde la gente más adinerada suele vivir y que se contrapone al centro de la ciudad donde viven la gente más pobre] ; suburbia ; uptown .
Example: First was a rapid increase in population turnover, marked by a massive movement of whites into the suburbs and a subsequent rise in the number of low-income blacks in the central city. Example: If you fancy a real taste of the great outdoors -- away from the mini suburbia of campsites -- try wild camping, says Dixe Wills. Example: During the early nineteen-thirties, as the city's population moved uptown, so too did many library members.» Barrio Sésamo = Sesame Street .
Example: The author briefly discusses some of the research findings of the US children's TV programme 'Sesame Street'.» barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city [En los países anglosajones los barrios céntricos se consideran que es donde viven las personas con menos nivel socio-económico] .
Example: Find references to racism in the inner cities.» biblioteca de barrio = district library ; community library ; branch library .
Example: The cooperation with public libraries, for example, takes place at the level of district libraries and includes a joint preparation of a bibliography on the development of socialist agriculture in Western Bohemia. Example: This article reviews the development of community libraries and community information centres in South Africa and their potential role in information provision. Example: The branch or departmental libraries belonging to the local library are at the lowest level.» bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian .
Example: In public libraries the post of district or branch librarian is extremely important, since the holder is the representative of the chief librarian in the area served by his branch.» centro de barrio = neighbourhood centre .
Example: In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson initiated the 'Neighborhood Pilot Centres' programme aimed at providing a neighbourhood centre to co-ordinate the programmes of other federal agencies in every urban ghetto.» de barrio = neighbourhood-based .
Example: It is impossible to estimate the number of independent neighbourhood-based advice and information services currently in existence.» de los barrios pobres = back-street .
Example: Women should be free to have legal abortions so that they are not 'forced' to go to 'back-street' abortionists.» en + Posesivo + barrio = in + Posesivo + neck of the woods .
Example: Alternatively, I could come by and pick it up next time I'm in your neck fo the woods.» habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite .
Example: To be a novel reader or a suburbanite is to be in a waking dream.» irse al otro barrio = give up + the ghost ; pop + Posesivo + clogs ; kick + the bucket ; go for + a Burton ; leave + feet first ; cash in + Posesivo + chips ; conk out .
Example: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's 'Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage. Example: A tenth of the population is planning on working until popping their clogs in an attempt to pay the bills. Example: The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine). Example: He lost several good mates, and explained that they would stoically simply remark 'he's gone for a Burton' when one was lost. Example: We come into this world head first and leave feet first -- everything in between is a matter of balance. Example: The day my mother won't eat a smoked salmon sandwich I'll know she's ready to cash in her chips. Example: One can conk out at any time of life so I have arranged to leave what I own to the poor.» material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature .
Example: Many libraries amass a considerable amount of community literature, some of which is kept on permanent display.» nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block .
Example: The article 'Big superstores: the new kid(s) on the block' examines the future of independent publishers and booksellers in the face of competition from chain superstores.» patrullas de barrio = community policing .
Example: The reference librarian gives a brief description of recent books under the headings of community policing; criminology; gang rape; hate speech and control of narcotics.» policía de barrio = beat cop .
Example: Being a cop is tough, especially when you are reduced to a mere beat cop who has to walk the street and give tickets rather than handle some real cases.» ser la comidilla del barrio = be the talk of the (neigbour)hood .
Example: Remember that gardening can make your house the talk of the neighborhood or it can be just another house on the block.» tienda de barrio = convenience store ; corner shop, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: Alongside the bus stations, passengers will need convenience stores, supermarkets, coffee shops and curbside cafes. Example: An important point which arises from this research is that using some applications software would be a case of 'overkill', or, to use an analogy, of using a Rolls-Royce to pop down to the corner shop!.