del barrio

from the neighborhood

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from the neighborhood Literally means “of the neighborhood.” Often used to say someone or something is from a local neighborhood or area.

SP: Conozco a mucha gente del barrio.

EN: I know a lot of people from the neighborhood.

Los jóvenes del barrio organizaron una limpieza del parque el sábado.

The neighborhood youths organized a park cleanup on Saturday.

El gato vive solo en esa casa abandonada del barrio.

The cat lives alone in that abandoned house in the neighborhood.

El artista, del barrio de Kordeiro.

The artist, from the Kordeiro neighborhood.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Estoy seguro de que los chicos del barrio piensan lo mismo.

I'm sure the neighborhood kids think the same thing.

Extraño los partidos de fútbol con mis amigos del barrio los sábados después de comer.

I miss playing football with my neighborhood friends on Saturdays after lunch.

Pregúntele a sus amigos del barrio sobre mí.

Ask your neighborhood friends about me.

Bill se jacta de tener el coche más grande del barrio.

Bill boasts about having the biggest car in the neighborhood.

Son del barrio rojo.

They're from the red-light district.

— Las flores de la guerra (2011)

Compré pan en la panadería francesa del barrio.

I bought bread at the French bakery in the neighborhood.

Ese chico siempre está metido en algún problema con los vecinos del barrio.

That kid is always getting into some kind of trouble with the neighbors in the neighborhood.

Los chavales del barrio le admiran casi como si fuera un superhéroe.

The kids in the neighborhood admire him almost as if he were a superhero.

Aquel chico del barrio terminó siendo un científico reconocido a nivel mundial.

That boy from the neighborhood ended up becoming a world-renowned scientist.

Todos nuestros críos van al colegio del barrio.

All our kids go to the neighborhood school.

Estoy harto del barrio.

I'm fed up with the neighborhood.

— El odio (1995)

Un día, unos chicos del barrio le llevaron a mi madre la compra a casa.

One day, some boys from the neighborhood brought my mother her groceries home.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Sólo soy un niño del barrio, ¿está bien?

I'm just a kid from the neighborhood, okay?

— American Splendor (2003)

Esa mujer hace las mejores croquetas del barrio.

That woman makes the best croquettes in the neighborhood.

— Un asunto de familia (2018)

Estábamos muy contentos con el resultado de las elecciones del barrio.

We were very happy with the result of the neighborhood elections.

Uno a uno los traficantes del barrio Tanque iban a morir.

One by one, the drug dealers from the Tanque neighborhood were going to die.

— Tropa de élite 2 (2010)

Vive justo enfrente de mi casa, al otro lado de la calle principal del barrio.

He lives right across the street from my house, on the other side of the main street in the neighborhood.

Mi primo Dinho es el ladrón del barrio.

My cousin Dinho is the neighborhood thief.

— O Som ao Redor (2012)

Cada mañana paseo al perro por el parque del barrio.

Every morning I walk the dog in the neighborhood park.