slum

slum
noun
(a group of houses, blocks of flats, street etc where the conditions are dirty and overcrowded and the building(s) usually in a bad state: That new block of flats is rapidly turning into a slum; a slum dwelling.) casucha, tugurio
slum n casucha / tugurio
Es una casa vieja, destartalada y en muy malas condiciones
slum
tr[slʌm]
noun
1 (place, house, etc) casuca, casucha, tugurio
2 familiar (tip) pocilga
intransitive verb (pt & pp slummed, ger slumming)
1 familiar visitar los barrios bajos
plural noun slums
1 (area) barrios nombre masculino plural bajos
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to slum it (accept lower standard of living) vivir con lo mínimo
slum clearance programme proyecto de erradicación de viviendas inhabitables
slum ['slʌm] n
: barriada f, barrio m bajo
slum
n.
• barrio bajo s.m.
v.
• visitar los barrios bajos v.

I slʌm
noun
a) (poor urban area) (often pl) barrio m bajo, barriada f (AmL exc CS), barrio m de conventillos (CS); (before n)

slum clearance — demolición f de viviendas insalubres

slum dwelling — tugurio m

b) (filthy place) (colloq & pej) pocilga f, chiquero m (AmL)

II
transitive verb -mm-

to slum it — vivir a lo pobre

[slʌm]
1.
N (=area) barrio m bajo, suburbio m , colonia f proletaria (Mex), barriada f (Peru); (=house) casucha f , tugurio m , chabola f (Sp)

the slums — los barrios bajos, los suburbios

they live in a slum — viven en una casucha or en un tugurio

this house will be a slum in ten years — dentro de diez años esta casa será una ruina

they've made their house a slum — su casa es un desastre

2.
VT

to slum it — (esp Brit) * vivir como pobres; (=live cheaply) vivir muy barato

3.
VI

to slum, go slumming — visitar los barrios bajos

4.
CPD

slum area N — barrio m bajo

slum clearance N — deschabolización f

slum clearance programme N — programa m de deschabolización

slum dweller N — barriobajero(-a) m / f

slum dwelling N — tugurio m

* * *

I [slʌm]
noun
a) (poor urban area) (often pl) barrio m bajo, barriada f (AmL exc CS), barrio m de conventillos (CS); (before n)

slum clearance — demolición f de viviendas insalubres

slum dwelling — tugurio m

b) (filthy place) (colloq & pej) pocilga f, chiquero m (AmL)

II
transitive verb -mm-

to slum it — vivir a lo pobre


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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