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favela

fa·ve·la
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fuh-vel-uh; Portuguese fah-ve-lah]
    • /fəˈvɛl ə; Portuguese fɑˈvɛ lɑ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fuh-vel-uh; Portuguese fah-ve-lah]
    • /fəˈvɛl ə; Portuguese fɑˈvɛ lɑ/

Definitions of favela word

  • noun favela a shantytown in or near a city, especially in Brazil; slum area. 1
  • noun favela A Brazilian shack or shanty town; a slum. 1
  • noun favela (in Brazil) a shanty or shantytown 0
  • noun favela in Brazil, a slum at the edge of a city 0

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Origin of favela

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
1945-50; < Brazilian Portuguese: alleged to be a name given to a hill in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, where such towns were built circa 1900; literally, a shrub of the family Euphorbiaceae, derivative of Portuguese fava bean < Latin faba

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Parts of speech for Favela

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

favela popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

favela usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for favela

noun favela

  • ghetto — a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.
  • bowery — a farm or plantation of an early Dutch settler of New York
  • red-light district — an area or district in a city in which many houses of prostitution are located.
  • skid road — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
  • tenderloin — (in beef or pork) the tender meat of the muscle running through the sirloin and terminating before the ribs.

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