Slum in spanish
Barrio bajo
pronunciation: bɑrioʊbɑxoʊ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: bɑrioʊbɑxoʊ part of speech: noun
In gestures
slum = barrio de chabolas, barrio bajo, barrio pobre, suburbio.
Example: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.more:
» slum dweller = chabolista.
Example: While some 227 million slum dwellers have escaped their conditions in the past decade, the overall population of slums has swelled by nearly 60 million in the same period.» slum urchin = pillo, pilluelo, golfo, golfillo, granuja.
Example: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.