tenement
US /ˈten.ə.mənt/
UK /ˈten.ə.mənt/
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cortiço, prédio de apartamentos
a large building divided into separate apartments, especially one in a poor area of a city and in a dilapidated condition
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Many families lived in crowded tenements during the industrial revolution.
Muitas famílias viviam em cortiços superlotados durante a revolução industrial.
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The city council plans to redevelop the old tenement blocks.
A câmara municipal planeia reabilitar os antigos blocos de cortiços.