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"shantytown" in Spanish

TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
barriada{f} [LAm.]
chabolas{f} [Spa.]
the camera reveals the misery of the shantytown in all its crude reality
la cámara revela con crudeza la miseria de las chabolas
Too many clichés abound. To associate India with shantytowns, extreme poverty and nothing else is too simplistic.
Persisten demasiados tópicos: asociar a la India con las chabolas, la pobreza extrema y nada más es una actitud totalmente reduccionista.
This huge demographic shift has resulted in the rapid spread of shantytowns and unhealthy slums, often on difficult terrain, on the fringes of the cities.
Este gran desfase demográfico ha conducido a una rápida expansión de chabolas y construcciones insalubres, a menudo en terrenos difíciles y en la periferia urbana.
callampas{noun} [Chile] (poblaciones marginales)
ranchería{f} (de chabolas)

CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "shantytown" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
the camera reveals the misery of the shantytown in all its crude reality
la cámara revela con crudeza la miseria de las chabolas
in order to find a solution to the shantytown problem
para resolver la cuestión del chabolismo