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favela en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /fəˈvɛlə/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese favela.

Meanings

1. A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil.
   • The favela is now the model for most of the world's cities, as vast numbers of people continue to migrate to them in order to survive. 2008, Cedar Lewisohn, Street Art, Foreword, page 8:
   • security forces in November of 2010 stormed one of the city's most notorious favelas, the complex of the Morro do Alemão in the northern zone of the city 2012, Tim Edensor, Mark Jayne, Urban Theory Beyond the West: A World of Cities:

Forms

Translations (26)

tr favela (A slum in Brazil) · nn favela (A slum in Brazil) · ro favelă (A slum in Brazil) · sl favẹ̑la (A slum in Brazil) · ar فَافِيلَا (A slum in Brazil) · ja ファヴェーラ (A slum in Brazil) · bg фаве́ла (A slum in Brazil) · fa فاولا (A slum in Brazil) · pl fawela (A slum in Brazil) · ta பவேலா (A slum in Brazil) · ru фаве́ла (A slum in Brazil) · de Favela (A slum in Brazil) · he פָֿאבֶ֫לָה (A slum in Brazil) · sh fàvela (A slum in Brazil) · uk фаве́ла (A slum in Brazil) · mk фа́вела (A slum in Brazil) · nb favela (A slum in Brazil) · cmn 法韋拉 /法韦拉 (A slum in Brazil) · sh фа̀вела (A slum in Brazil) · ka ფაველა (A slum in Brazil) · el φαβέλα (A slum in Brazil) · es favela (A slum in Brazil) · ko 파벨라 (A slum in Brazil) · it favela (A slum in Brazil) · pt favela (A slum in Brazil) · fr favela (A slum in Brazil)