Portuguese Word: favela f.
Plural: favelas
English Meaning: slum (noun)

Example Sentences:

No Rio de Janeiro, muitas pessoas vivem em favelas.
A lot of people in Rio de Janeiro live in slums.
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10 mil pessoas vivem nesta favela.
10,000 people live in this slum.
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