villa miseria

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌbiʝa miˈseɾja/ [ˌbi.ʝa miˈse.ɾja]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˌbiʝa miˈseɾja/ [ˌbi.ʝa miˈse.ɾja]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˌbiʎa miˈseɾja/ [ˌbi.ʎa miˈse.ɾja]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌbiʃa miˈseɾja/ [ˌbi.ʃa miˈse.ɾja]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌbiʒa miˈseɾja/ [ˌbi.ʒa miˈse.ɾja]

• Syllabification: vi‧lla mi‧se‧ria

Noun

villa miseria f (plural villas miseria)

1. (Argentina) shantytown

Further reading

• “villa miseria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10