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ghettos

/ˈɡɛtoʊz/

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noun

Guetos

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 World War II, the Nazis forced Jewish families to live in walled ghettos before deporting them to concentration camps. "

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los nazis obligaron a las familias judías a vivir en guetos amurallados antes de deportarlas a campos de concentración.

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noun

Guetos, barrios marginales

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

Examples :

"Many immigrant families first lived in the city's ghettos, where rent was cheap and they could find community with others who shared their language and culture. "

Muchas familias inmigrantes vivieron por primera vez en los guetos de la ciudad, donde el alquiler era barato y podían encontrar comunidad con otros que compartían su idioma y cultura.

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Áreas en las que se concentran personas que se distinguen por compartir algo diferente a la etnia

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

Examples :

"During finals week, the library transformed into temporary ghettos of stressed-out students, each dedicated to their specific subject, like history or chemistry. "

Durante la semana de exámenes finales, la biblioteca se transformó en áreas temporales de estudiantes estresados, cada uno dedicado a su materia específica, como historia o química.

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Guetos, barrios marginales

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

Examples :

""The school's music program, sadly underfunded and lacking resources, had become one of the academic ghettos, separated from the main focus on math and science." "

El programa de música de la escuela, lamentablemente con fondos insuficientes y carente de recursos, se había convertido en uno de los guetos académicos, separado del enfoque principal en matemáticas y ciencias.

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