cortiço

See also: cortico and cortico-

Portuguese

Etymology

From cortiça (“cork (substance)”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃi.su/ [kohˈt͡ʃi.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃi.su/ [kohˈt͡ʃi.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈt͡ʃi.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃi.su/ [koχˈt͡ʃi.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈt͡ʃi.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈti.su/

Noun

cortiço m (plural cortiços)

1. beehive (nest of bees)

   Synonym: (more common) colmeia

2. tenement (a run-down, low-rent building with multiple tenants)
3. (loosely) shanty town (cluster of impoverished houses)

   Synonym: favela