favela
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese favela.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
favela (plural favelas)
- A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil
- 2012, Tim Edensor, Mark Jayne, Urban Theory Beyond the West: A World of Cities:
- 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
- 2008, Cedar Lewisohn, Street Art, Foreword, page 8:
- 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.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
favela f (plural favelas)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese favela.
Noun edit
favela m (definite singular favelaen, indefinite plural favelaer or favelaar, definite plural favelaene or favelaane)
- a favela
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
The slum sense is named after the tree. The first favela was founded by veterans of the War of Canudos on Morro da Providência (Providence Hill). That hill was similar to a hill where a battle took place during the war, which had many favela trees. The name of the tree probably comes ultimately from a diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”). An alternative etymology may be favo + -ela.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fa‧ve‧la
Noun edit
favela f (plural favelas)
- a tree of species Cnidoscolus quercifolius, native to northeastern Brazil
- Synonym: faveleira
- (Brazil) slum (dilapidated neighborhood)
- Synonyms: (Angola) musseque, (Brazil) morro, (Mozambique) caniço, (Portugal) bairro de lata
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “favela” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fabella, diminutive of fābula, or from a derivative of Vulgar Latin *fabellāre.
Noun edit
favela f (plural favelas)
Usage notes edit
Implies a strong emotional attachment. Used almost exclusively to refer to Romansch itself.
Synonyms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese favela. Doublet of fabela.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
favela f (plural favelas)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “favela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014