English-Spanish translations for shanty

• chabola
  Merece la pena recordar, como ustedes ya saben, que cada año millones de pequeños agricultores se ven obligados a mudarse a barrios de chabolas. It is worth remembering, as you already know, that every year, millions of small farmers are forced to move into shanty towns.
  Durante mucho tiempo se han venido realizando intentos por mejorar la pobre situación social de los gitanos que viven en las periferias de la sociedad, en barriadas o chabolas. Attempts have been made over a long period to improve the poor social situation of the Roma who live on the fringes of society in shanty towns or tent cities.
  Entre los buques en reparación y desmantelamiento -y debo decir que el ruido era insoportable- había familias enteras que vivían, dormían y cocinaban en chabolas. In amongst the ships that were being repaired and dismantled - and the noise, I have to tell you, was intolerable - there were whole families living, sleeping, cooking meals in shanty towns.

Definition of shanty

• A roughly-built hut or cabin
• A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned
• An unlicensed pub
• Living in '''shanties'''; poor, ill-mannered and violent
• To inhabit a shanty
• A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work
• Jaunty; showy

Examples

• That neighborhood is full of shanty Irishmen

Related words

• shantytown
• shanty town
• shanty choir
• sea shanty