Definitions for favela

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favela fa·ve·la

Spelling: [fuh-vel-uh; Portuguese fah- Favela is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in favela (aaeflv).

Definitions for favela

noun

1. a shantytown in or near a city, especially in Brazil; slum area.

Origin of favela

1945-50; Brazilian Portuguese: alleged to be a name given to a hill in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, where such towns were built circa 1900; literally, a shrub of the family Euphorbiaceae,

Examples for favela

The high school kids who broke it were Brazilian Linux hackers who lived in a favela -- a kind of squatter's slum.

I interviewed Lilian, a single mother living in a Rio de Janeiro favela.