English Explanatory Dictionary

favelization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Brazil, the process of an area or neighborhood becoming a favela.

Word forms

favelization

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese favelização. By surface analysis, favela + -ization.

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