slums in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for slums in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.slum [Am sləm, Brit slʌm] N

1. slum often pl (poor urban area):

slum

barrio m bajo

slum

barriada f LatAm excl CSur

slum

barrio m de conventillos CSur

slum dweller

barriobajero m / barriobajera f

slum dwelling

tugurio m

2. slum (filthy place):

slum inf, pej

pocilga f

slum inf, pej

chiquero m LatAm

II.slum <pres part slumming; pt, pp slummed> [Am sləm, Brit slʌm] VB intr

to go slumming

visitar los barrios bajos (or las barriadas etc.)

III.slum <pres part slumming; pt, pp slummed> [Am sləm, Brit slʌm] VB trans

to slum it

vivir a lo pobre

slum clearance N U

slum clearance

demolición f de viviendas insalubres

slum landlord N

slum landlord

propietario de viviendas en los barrios bajos

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Dickensian slum/squalor

de la época victoriana

knock down building/slums

echar abajo

knock down building/slums

derribar

knock down building/slums

derrumbar

relocate refugees/slum dwellers

reasentar

relocate refugees/slum dwellers

realojar

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tugurios

slums pl

barriada

slum area

suburbio

slum quarter (on the outskirts of town)

la emigración hacia la ciudad y el consiguiente crecimiento de las barriadas marginales

migration to the city and the consequent o resulting growth of slum areas

slums in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for slums in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.slum [slʌm] -mm- N

slum (area)

barrio m pobre

slum (on outskirts)

suburbio m

to live in slum conditions

vivir en condiciones de pobreza

II.slum [slʌm] -mm- VB trans

to slum it iron

vivir como pobres

slum clearance N no pl

slum clearance

demolición f de los barrios pobres

slum dweller N

slum dweller

habitante mf de los barrios bajos

slum landlord N

slum landlord

casero m de tugurios

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chabolismo

slums pl

arrabalero (-a) (de un barrio bajo)

from the slums

arrabalero (-a)

slum-dweller

tugurio

slums pl

barriobajero (-a)

slum

arrabal (barrio bajo)

slum area

suburbio

slum area

slums Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to live in slum conditions

vivir en condiciones de pobreza

to slum it iron

vivir como pobres

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I have crabbed sideways through alleys in vast migrant slums.

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Prior to the 1950s these slums were replaced with low-rise council housing, mostly constructed in new estates on the edge of the city.

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While national politics and anti-communism sentiment played out during this decade, urban renewal ravaged the downtown areas and cleared slums, impacting poor communities.

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Later, in the poverty-stricken 50s, she worked in factories; and when the going got really tough - after her first marriage foundered - she gathered garbage at the slums' rubbish dump.

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It demonstrates how tearing down slums and building modern settlements does not immediately change the culture of the inhabitants.

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Hedgerows and scarecrows, furrows and meadows; crooked streets and glowering slums; rolling smog and roaring hearths.

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Most of the commoners' district is slums; however there are some wealthier areas and a bustling outdoor market.

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The police action is to combat the trafficking of narcotics in the slums surrounding the neighborhood, as well as militiamen in action.

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The slums were gone but the new high-rise flats had become slums in the sky.

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There disease, unhealthy slums, and destitution were the daily lot of the people who were trying to survive.

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