favela
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Portuguese favela.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.
- 2012, Tim Edensor, Mark Jayne, Urban Theory Beyond the West: A World of Cities
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
favela f (plural favelas)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese favela.
NounEdit
favela m (definite singular favelaen, indefinite plural favelaer or favelaar, definite plural favelaene or favelaane)
- a favela
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
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 and less likely etymology may be favo + -ela [1].
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
favela f (plural favelas)
- a species of tree, Cnidoscolus quercifolius, native to northeastern Brazil
- Synonym: faveleira
- (Brazil) slum (dilapidated neighborhood)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) morro, (Portugal) bairro de lata, (Angola) musseque, (Mozambique) caniço
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin fabella, diminutive of fābula, or from a derivative of Vulgar Latin *fabellāre.
NounEdit
favela f (plural favelas)
Usage notesEdit
Implies a strong emotional attachment. Used almost exclusively to refer to Romansch itself.
SynonymsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Portuguese favela. Doublet of fabela.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
favela f (plural favelas)
Further readingEdit
- “favela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014