are slumming
slum
slum(
sluhm
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (area)
a. el barrio bajo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I visited the slums of Dharavi in India and saw the unhygienic and crowded conditions there.Visité los barrios bajos de Dharavi en India y vi las condiciones insanitarias y el hacinamiento que sufren allá.
b. el suburbio (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He grew up in the slums of Brooklyn in the 1950s.Se crio en los suburbios de Brooklyn en los años cincuenta.
c. la barriada (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She worked in a popular education project in a Congo slum.Trabajaba en un proyecto to educación popular en una barriada del Congo.
2. (dwelling)
a. el tugurio (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The government planned to demolish Victorian slums and build new housing in their place.El gobierno pensaba demoler los tugurios victorianos y construir viviendas nuevas en su lugar.
b. la chabola (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The house was very dilapidated, little more than a slum really.La casa estaba muy deteriorada, en realidad, era poco más que una chabola.
a. la pocilga (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I don't know how you can live in this slum. Why don't you tidy it up a bit?No sé cómo puedes vivir en esta pocilga. ¿Por qué no la ordenas un poco?
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (pejorative) (to spend time in worse conditions)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
a. vivir a lo pobre (pejorative)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
Some of these rich young daddy's girls think it's cool to go slumming.Algunas de estas niñas bien creen que es genial vivir a lo pobre.
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