Place that’s Spanish, except it’s a place in Brazil (6)
I believe the answer is:
barrio
'place' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'spanish except it's a place in brazil' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'except' could be 'bar' ('bar' can mean 'except' or 'not including') and 'bar' is present in the answer.
'in brazil' could be 'rio' ('Rio' is part of 'brazil') and 'rio' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'that's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barrio that I've seen before include "Town's Spanish quarter" , "Spanish town district" , "Spanish-speaking area" , "Town district in Spain" , "Area typical of South America" .)