ghetto

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgɛtəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgɛtoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(getō)

Inflections of 'ghetto' (n):
ghettos
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ghettoes
npl
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Principal Translations
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ghetto n (Jewish) (barrio marginal)gueto nm
  judería nf
 Kate learned about the Warsaw ghetto in her history class.
ghetto n (ethnic slum)gueto nm
  barrio marginal loc nom m
  (ES)suburbio nm
 When the war started the city started forcing minorities into ghettos.
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Additional Translations
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ghetto n dated, pejorative, offensive!, mainly US (neighborhood)barrio nm
 The former gangster grew up in the ghetto in Los Angeles.
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Compound Forms:
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ghetto blaster n pejorative, slang (boombox)reproductor de potencia loc nom m
  (voz inglesa)boombox, ghetoblaster nm
ghetto schooling n (education in poor urban areas)educación en barrios pobres grupo nom
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'ghetto' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: slang, offensive: ghetto [girls, booty], slang, offensive: used to have a ghetto blaster, trying to [get out of, escape] the ghetto, more...

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