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"shanty" in Spanish

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shanty{noun}
shanty(also: shack)
It is worth remembering, as you already know, that every year, millions of small farmers are forced to move into shanty towns.
Merece la pena recordar, como ustedes ya saben, que cada año millones de pequeños agricultores se ven obligados a mudarse a barrios de chabolas.
Attempts have been made over a long period to improve the poor social situation of the Roma who live on the fringes of society in shanty towns or tent cities.
Durante mucho tiempo se han venido realizando intentos por mejorar la pobre situación social de los gitanos que viven en las periferias de la sociedad, en barriadas o chabolas.
callampa{f} [Chile] (vivienda)
shanty(also: shack)
rancho{m} [LAm.]

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life in the shanty towns
la vida en las favelas
Mr President, in Germany there is a sea shanty which begins with the words: "We were lying off Madagascar and had the plague on board".
Señor Presidente, existe en Alemania una canción de marineros que comienza con estas palabras: 'Estabamos frente a Madagascar y teníamos la peste a bordo?.
Mr President, in Germany there is a sea shanty which begins with the words: " We were lying off Madagascar and had the plague on board ".
Señor Presidente, existe en Alemania una canción de marineros que comienza con estas palabras: 'Estabamos frente a Madagascar y teníamos la peste a bordo?.
But as an aid worker who has worked long enough in the shanty towns of this world, I have to tell you that this sort of solution is certainly not one that springs to my mind.
Pero debo decirle que como cooperante para el desarrollo que ha trabajado mucho tiempo en lugares pobres de este mundo, esta no es la perspectiva que me parece adecuada.