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1 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)
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[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
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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)
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