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slum  (slm)

n.

A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Often used in the plural.

intr.v. slummed, slum·ming, slums

To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement.

Idiom:

slum it

To endure conditions or accommodations that are worse than what one is accustomed to.

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slummer n.

slummy adj.

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slum [slʌm]

n

1. a squalid overcrowded house, etc.

2. (Social Science / Human Geography) (often plural) a squalid section of a city, characterized by inferior living conditions and usually by overcrowding

3. (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of slums slum conditions

vb slums, slumming, slummed (intr)

1. to visit slums, esp for curiosity

2. Also slum it to suffer conditions below those to which one is accustomed

[originally slang, of obscure origin]

slummer  n

slummy  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slum - a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions slum area city district - a district of a town or city shantytown - a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties skid row - a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts
Verb	1.	slum - spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century" spend, pass - pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?"

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slum

noun hovel, ghetto, shanty I grew up in a slum in the East End.

Translations

slum [slʌm]

A. 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
this house will be a slum in ten years → dentro de diez años esta casa será una ruina
they've made their house a slum → su casa es un desastre

B. VT to slum it (esp Brit) → vivir como pobres; (= live cheaply) → vivir muy barato

C. VI to slum; go slumming → visitar los barrios bajos

D. CPD slum area N → barrio m bajo
slum clearance N → deschabolización f
slum clearance programme N → programa m de deschabolización
slum dweller N → barriobajero/a m/f
slum dwelling N → tugurio m

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slum [ˈslʌm] n → taudis m

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slum

n (usu pl: = area) → Slum m, → Elendsviertel nt; (= house) → Elendsquartier nt; to live in the slums → in den Slums leben

vi (also go slumming) → sich unters gemeine Volk mischen

vti (inf: also slum it) → primitiv leben; we don’t often see you (a)round here — I’m slumming (it) → du lässt dich doch sonst kaum hier sehen! — ich will mich eben mal unters gemeine Volk mischen

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slum:

slum children

pl → Slumkinder pl

slum clearance

n → ˜ (Stadt)sanierung f, → Beseitigung f → der Slums

slum dweller

n → Slumbewohner(in) m(f)

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slum [slʌm] n (house) → catapecchia, tugurio
to live in the slums → vivere nei quartieri bassi

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slum [slʌm] n (house) → catapecchia, tugurio
to live in the slums → vivere nei quartieri bassi

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slum

n slum [slam]

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. krotbuurt حَي فَقير مُكْتَظ بالسُّكّان беден квартал brlohy slum; slum- der Slum φτωχογειτονιά, υποβαθμισμένη περιοχή casucha, tugurio agul حلبي آباد slummi quartier misérable שְׁכוּנַת עוֹנִי गंदी बस्ती, मलिनावास sirotinjska četvrt, prljava uličica na zlu glasu nyomornegyed permukiman kumuh fátækrahverfi (quartiere degradato) 貧民くつ 슬럼가 lūšnynas grausti; graustu rajons sesak dan kotor krot slum, fattigkvarter slums bairro da lata mahala трущобы brloh revna četrt sirotinjska četvrt slum แหล่งเสื่อมโทรม kenar mahalle 陋巷 нетрі پسماندہ بستی nhà ổ chuột 陋巷

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. krotbuurt مِنْطَقَة الأحْياء الفَقيرَه район с бедни квартали chudinská čtvrť slumkvarter die Slums (pl.) οι φτωχογειτονιές, οι υποβαθμισμένες περιοχές barrio bajo, tugurios, colonia proletaria agulid منطقه فقيرنشين slummit quartier misérable שְׁכוּנַת עוֹנִי sirotinjski, zapušteni dio grada nyomornegyedek permukiman kumuh fátækrahverfi (quartieri poveri) スラム街 슬럼가 지역 lūšnų kvartalas graustu rajons kawasan sesak dan kotor achterbuurt slummen, slumkvarter slumsy bairro da lata periferie трущобы chudobná štvrť revna četrt sirotinjsko predgrađe slummen, slumkvarteren ชุมชนแออัด. kenar mahalle bölgesi 貧民區 нетрі غریب آبادی والے علاقے khu vực có những nhà ổ chuột 贫民区

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slum → حي الفقراء brloh slum Slum τρώγλη barriada pobre, tugurio slummi taudis sirotinjska četvrt tugurio スラム街 빈민가 achterbuurt slum dzielnica nędzy bairro da lata, favela трущобы slum แหล่งเสื่อมโทรม gecekondu nhà ổ chuột 贫民窟