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ghetto

/ˈɡɛtəʊ/ /ˈɡɛtoʊ/

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noun

Gueto

An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)

Examples :

"During the medieval period, the Jewish ghetto in Florence was a small, walled-in area where many Jewish families lived. "

Durante la época medieval, el gueto judío de Florencia era una pequeña zona amurallada donde vivían muchas familias judías.

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noun

Gueto, barrio pobre

An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race.

Examples :

"Many families who immigrated from Vietnam settled in the city's ghetto, where they could find familiar foods and speak their native language. "

Muchas familias que inmigraron de Vietnam se establecieron en el gueto de la ciudad, donde podían encontrar alimentos familiares y hablar su idioma nativo.

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noun

Área en la que se concentran personas que se distinguen por compartir algo distinto a la etnia

An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.

Examples :

"The new art program attracted students from a wide range of backgrounds, creating a vibrant ghetto of artistic expression within the school. "

El nuevo programa de arte atrajo a estudiantes de una amplia gama de orígenes, creando un vibrante gueto de expresión artística dentro de la escuela.

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noun

Gueto, barrio

(sometimes derogatory) An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.

Examples :

""The computer programming club at our school felt like a ghetto; only a few of us understood the complex code and it was hard to explain it to anyone else." "

El club de programación informática de nuestra escuela se sentía como un gueto; solo unos pocos de nosotros entendíamos el código complejo y era difícil explicárselo a nadie más.

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verb

Encerrar en un gueto

To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.

Examples :

"The new zoning laws threatened to ghettoize low-income families by restricting affordable housing to one isolated area of the city. "

Las nuevas leyes de zonificación amenazaban con encerrar a las familias de bajos ingresos en un gueto al restringir la vivienda asequible a una zona aislada de la ciudad.

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adjective

Del gueto

Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.

Examples :

"The school's neighborhood was known for its ghetto conditions, with rundown buildings and limited resources. "

El vecindario de la escuela era conocido por sus condiciones de gueto, con edificios en mal estado y recursos limitados.

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adjective

Indecoroso, de mala calidad, barato, cutre, tosco

Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.

Examples :

"The old apartment building had a ghetto feel, with peeling paint and broken windows. "

El viejo edificio de apartamentos tenía un ambiente cutre, con pintura descascarada y ventanas rotas.

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adjective

Propio del gueto

Characteristic of the style, speech, or behavior of residents of a predominantly black or other ghetto in the United States.

Examples :

"The neighborhood's music, loud and repetitive, had a distinctly ghetto feel. "

La música del vecindario, alta y repetitiva, tenía un ambiente claramente propio del gueto.

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adjective

Del gueto

Having been raised in a ghetto in the United States.

Examples :

"Growing up, his family faced many challenges due to their ghetto upbringing, but they persevered and eventually achieved success. "

Al crecer, su familia enfrentó muchos desafíos debido a su crianza en el gueto, pero perseveraron y finalmente lograron el éxito.

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