favela

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• /fəˈvɛlə/
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Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese favela.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَافِيلَا (fāfēlā, fāvēlā) — A slum in Brazil
• Bulgarian: фаве́ла (favéla) — A slum in Brazil
• Chinese Mandarin: 法韋拉 /法韦拉 (fǎwéilā) — A slum in Brazil
• French: favela — A slum in Brazil
• Georgian: ფაველა (pavela) — A slum in Brazil
• German: Favela — A slum in Brazil
• Greek: φαβέλα (favéla) — A slum in Brazil
• Hebrew: פָֿאבֶ֫לָה (favela) — A slum in Brazil
• Italian: favela — A slum in Brazil
• Japanese: ファヴェーラ (favēra) — A slum in Brazil
• Korean: 파벨라 (pabella) — A slum in Brazil
• Macedonian: фа́вела (fávela) — A slum in Brazil
• Norwegian Bokmål: favela — A slum in Brazil
• Norwegian Nynorsk: favela — A slum in Brazil
• Persian: فاولا (fâvelâ) — A slum in Brazil
• Polish: fawela — A slum in Brazil
• Portuguese: favela — A slum in Brazil
• Romanian: favelă — A slum in Brazil
• Russian: фаве́ла (favéla) — A slum in Brazil
• Serbo-Croatian: фа̀вела — A slum in Brazil
• Serbo-Croatian: fàvela — A slum in Brazil
• Slovene: favẹ̑la — A slum in Brazil
• Spanish: favela — A slum in Brazil
• Tamil: பவேலா (pavēlā) — A slum in Brazil
• Turkish: favela — A slum in Brazil
• Ukrainian: фаве́ла (favéla) — A slum in Brazil