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conventillo

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nounmasculine
  1. a type of collective housing

Forms

noun

singularconventillo
pluralconventillos

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  • La fraternidad entre los inmigrantes del conventillo era famosa.The brotherhood among the immigrants in the tenement house was famous.B2Otra vez, por favor (4) — Once more, please (4) (B2)
  • El lunfardo habría muerto con los conventillos si el tango no lo hubiera convertido en literatura.Lunfardo would have died with the tenements if tango had not turned it into literature.B2El lunfardo — Lunfardo
  • La guía no hizo ninguna mención de los conventillos del barrio.The guide made no mention of the neighbourhood's tenement houses.B2Otra vez, por favor (4) — Once more, please (4) (B2)
  • El lunfardo nació hacia 1880 en los conventillos, las casas de vecindad donde vivían amontonados los inmigrantes italianos, españoles y polacos.Lunfardo was born around 1880 in the conventillos, the tenement houses where Italian, Spanish and Polish immigrants lived crammed together.B2El lunfardo — Lunfardo

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