cortiço

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See also: cortico and cortico-

Portuguese

Etymology

From cortiça (“cork (substance)”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃi.su/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈt͡ʃi.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃi.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈt͡ʃi.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈti.su/

Noun

cortiço m (plural cortiços)

beehive (nest of bees)
Synonym: (more common) colmeia
tenement (a run-down, low-rent building with multiple tenants)
(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.
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