verb🔗ShareRenovar, modernizarTo renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes (often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents)"The old neighborhood was gentrified when new expensive apartments and trendy shops replaced the affordable housing and local stores, forcing many long-time residents to move away. "El antiguo vecindario se renovó cuando los nuevos apartamentos caros y las tiendas de moda reemplazaron las viviendas asequibles y las tiendas locales, lo que obligó a muchos residentes de larga data a mudarse.propertysocietycultureeconomyareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading