slum
barrio bajo
definition
verb
rich tourists slumming among the quaintly dangerous natives
spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes.
noun
However, there is still a large segment of the population which lives in urban slums and poor rural areas without electricity or running water.
a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
translation of 'slum'
verb
visitar los barrios bajos
noun
portazo,
casucha,
barrio bajo
example
There is also a primary school at the premises run by the committee for the poor and 'slum' dwellers in the locality.
he moved from a two-room 'slum' into a local authority house
As part of the activities of the trust we have started free classes for girl students from local government schools from a nearby 'slum' who come from poor families.
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
It made my dorm building look like a 'slum' , that was for sure.
The best home the family of seven can afford is this wood shack in a 'slum' .
As you can see, the Red Party has a lot of natural support in inner city 'slum' areas like this.
But ironically the former 'slum' houses are now sought-after properties following regeneration and the flats have become increasingly unpopular with residents.
Begun in April 2003, it is a non-profit organisation with a mission to unleash the potential of the 'slum' , street and orphaned children of urban India.
'slum' areas
'slum' dwellers
It is like an inner-city 'slum' and the street cleaning leaves a lot to be desired.
I think that we will live here for maybe 12 months and then move elsewhere leaving the house as a 'slum' and make a start again a little further down the road.
She ended up living and working with Hong Kong's most despised and poorest inhabitants in a 'slum' known as the Walled City.
Its control of poor 'slum' areas and inner cities resulted from the chaos that was brought about by the occupation; it was not itself the cause of the chaos.
Blunkett's conclusion was that ‘if you live in a 'slum' in a high-rise building and you are on your own with three children, the idea of liberty and freedom means nothing’.
The appalling social situation in Iran has been highlighted by recent reports of protest marches in working class urban areas and 'slum' districts.
the area was fast becoming a 'slum' for the destitute
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
Kate could feel speculative glances on her as she rolled down the street and thought, ‘They probably figure I'm 'slumming' , looking for a good time.’
Its cities combine modern skyscrapers, suburban houses, and impoverished 'slums' .
Livingston will be 'slumming it' again in the first division next season.
Kicked out of east-coast prep schools and facing the glum prospect of a military academy, Igby goes 'slumming' in lower Manhattan, but there's a porous border between moneyed respectability and penniless Bohemia.
Rather, he was a songwriter of rare poise 'slumming it' in the underground because his elliptical songs were too druggy and bitter to attract the mainstream hosannas they deserved.
Imagine - word gets out that the heir to the Stuckley fortune was hitting from the other side of the plate, 'slumming' with friends of Judy, eating her caviar hot, on a dirty plate.
The British screen icon out-acts everyone and still comes off like a good sport while 'slumming it' in a pea-brained movie.
When I went 'slumming' like this, I wanted to cruise the bad slums.
It is reasonable to argue that we should not be building today houses that are thermal 'slums' ; too cold in winter and too hot in summer.
Indeed, Sturges' screwball comedy Sullivan's Travels, about a playboy director who goes 'slumming' to experience the life of the common man, was supposedly modelled on his new best friend.
To be fair to him, the former Merton Professor's not 'slumming' ; he's bought the place and moved right in.
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