cortiço

See also: cortico and cortico-

Portuguese

Etymology

From cortiça (“cork (substance)”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃi.su/ [kohˈt͡ʃi.su]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koɾˈt͡ʃi.su/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃi.su/ [koχˈt͡ʃi.su]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɻˈt͡ʃi.so/

Noun

cortiço m (plural cortiços)

  1. beehive (nest of bees)
    Synonym: (more common) colmeia
  2. tenement (a run-down, low-rent building with multiple tenants)
  3. (loosely) shanty town (cluster of impoverished houses)
    Synonym: favela
    • 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:
      Como a nordestina, há milhares de moças espalhadas por cortiços, vagas de cama num quarto, atrás de balcões trabalhando até a estafa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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