-
1 the slums
(the area(s) of a town etc where there are slums: As a social worker, she does a lot of work in the slums.) barrio bajo, tugurios, colonia proletaria -
2 slum
(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, tugurioslum n casucha / tugurioEs una casa vieja, destartalada y en muy malas condicionestr[slʌm]1 (place, house, etc) casuca, casucha, tugurio1 familiar visitar los barrios bajos1 (area) barrios nombre masculino plural bajos\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto slum it (accept lower standard of living) vivir con lo mínimoslum clearance programme proyecto de erradicación de viviendas inhabitablesslum ['slʌm] n: barriada f, barrio m bajon.• barrio bajo s.m.v.• visitar los barrios bajos v.
I slʌma) ( 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
[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
2.VTto slum it — (esp Brit) * vivir como pobres; (=live cheaply) vivir muy barato
3.VIto slum, go slumming — visitar los barrios bajos
4.CPDslum clearance programme N — programa m de deschabolización
slum dweller N — barriobajero(-a) m / f
slum dwelling N — tugurio m
* * *
I [slʌm]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
-
3 barrio
Del verbo barrer: ( conjugate barrer) \ \
barrió es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: barrer barrio
barrer ( conjugate barrer) verbo transitivo 1 ‹suelo/cocina› to sweep 2 verbo intransitivo 1 ( con escoba) to sweep 2 ( arrasar) [equipo/candidato] to sweep to victory; barrio con algo ‹con premios/medallas› to walk off with sth; barrió con todos los premios she walked off with all the prizes barrerse verbo pronominal (Méx) [ vehículo] to skid; (en fútbol, béisbol) to slide
barrio sustantivo masculino el mercado del barrio the local market; barrio alto (Chi) smart neighborhood; barrio chino (Esp) red-light district; barrio espontáneo (AmC) shantytown; barrios bajos poor neighborhoods (pl); barrio de invasión (Col) shantytown
barrer
I verbo transitivo
1 to sweep: hace una semana que no barro el salón, I haven't swept the living room for a week
el anticiclón está barriendo el norte, the anticyclone is sweping through the North
2 (destruir, rechazar) to sweep away
II verbo intransitivo
1 (en una votación) to win by a landslide: el partido conservador barrió en las regiones del norte, the conservatives won by a landslide in the North
2 (acaparar, agotar las existencias) to take away: los clientes barrieron con las ofertas, the customers snapped up the bargains Locuciones: barrer para casa, to look after number one
barrio sustantivo masculino
1 area, district: el Barrio Alto, the Upper Quarter
barrio chino (zona de prostitución), red-light district
barrios bajos, slums
2 (vecindario) neighbourhood: el niño salió a jugar con los chicos del barrio, the boy went out to play with the local children Locuciones: de barrio, local: prefiero comprar en cualquier tienda de barrio, no me gustan las grandes superficies, I'd rather buy in a local shop, I don't like big stores ' barrio' also found in these entries: Spanish: barrer - barriada - bien - chabola - comidilla - comunicada - comunicado - desvalorizarse - haber - periférica - periférico - suburbio - vecina - vecindario - vecino - atemorizar - chusco - cine - colonia - comunicar - copeo - decaer - elegancia - elegante - feo - habitante - inseguridad - inseguro - matón - mirado - obrero - pobre - por - remodelar - renovación - renovar - retirado - roto - rotoso - silencioso - superpoblado - vecindad English: academy - chinatown - design - disreputable - district - dormitory town - exclusive - local - locally - neighborhood - neighbourhood - quarter - red light district - resident - residential - rough - shabby - shantytown - slum - suburb - unfashionable - unsafe - area - corner - east - move - nice - salubriousbarrio ['bɑrio, 'bær-] n: barrio m'bɑːriəʊ, 'bæriəʊ['bɑːrɪǝʊ]N (esp US) barrio m hispano* * *['bɑːriəʊ, 'bæriəʊ]
См. также в других словарях:
King of the Slums — was a British rock band, specialising in a kind of electric violin driven post punk. History Formed in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, by Charley Keigher (vocals, guitar) and Sarah Curtis (electric violin), the group made its recording… … Wikipedia
The Story of Civilization — Author(s) Will Durant Ariel Durant … Wikipedia
The Yellow Kid — emerged as the lead character in Hogan s Alley, drawn by Richard F. Outcault, which became one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper, although its graphical layout had already been thoroughly established in… … Wikipedia
The Kallikak Family — The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble Mindedness was a 1912 book by the American psychologist and eugenicist Henry H. Goddard. The work was an extended case study of Goddard s for the inheritance of feeble mindedness, a general… … Wikipedia
The Orphans series — The Orphans is a novelized miniseries credited to V. C. Andrews, but ghostwritten by Andrew Neiderman. It focuses on the lives of four teenage girls and their lives as orphans. The first four novels each focus on one of the four main characters,… … Wikipedia
The Vampire Diaries (novel series) — The Vampire Diaries The Vampire Diaries: Return: Midnight The Awakening The Struggle The Fury Dark Reunion The Return: Nightfall The Return: Shadow Souls The Return: Midnight The Hunters: Phantom The Hunters: Moonsong … Wikipedia
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab — … Wikipedia
The S.I.L.V.E.R. Series — The Silver Metal Lover Author(s) Tanith Lee Language E … Wikipedia
The Novice — Infobox Book | name = The Novice image caption = First UK edition cover author = Trudi Canavan cover artist = country = Australia language = English series = The Black Magician series genre = Fantasy novel publisher = Orbit Books release date =… … Wikipedia
The Magicians' Guild — Infobox Book | name = The Magicians Guild image caption = First edition cover author = Trudi Canavan cover artist = Steve Stone country = Australia language = English series = The Black Magician series genre = Fantasy novel publisher = Orbit… … Wikipedia
The Bell Curve — For other uses, see Bell curve (disambiguation). The Bell Curve … Wikipedia