How to Use favela in a Sentence

favela

noun

• There’s the kibbutz in Israel, and the favela in Brazil.
  — Marcus M. Gilban, sun-sentinel.com, 3 June 2021
• One of the dead was a police officer, the rest lived in the favela.
  — David Miranda, Time, 8 May 2021
• Jesus grew up in a Sao Paulo favela, and joined Palmeiras’ youth program as a pre-teen.
  — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 25 May 2018
• Maria de Pena Souza, 59, lives with her 24-year-old son in a small house with a zinc roof in the Lins favela in western Rio.
  — Peter Prengaman, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
• Maybe something will trigger it, like a killing in a favela somewhere.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 30 May 2021
• The most recent raid near this favela occurred ten days ago and left at least seven dead.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 13 June 2020
• Paulo Roberto Nunes, 52, sells peanuts in Rocinha, Rio's largest favela.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2020
• The arrival of the first formal public transit was supposed to transform the favela.
  — Wired, 2 Oct. 2019
• Six hundred more signed up for space on an empty field beside a favela.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 25 June 2021
• Drug gangs in the favelas and militia groups led by rogue ex-police regained ground.
  — The Economist, 3 Sep. 2019
• So far, Lyra has secured the commitment from the São Paulo state to roll out the project at nine medium-size favelas.
  — Angelica Mari, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
• One week later, eight young men were killed by police in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela.
  — Kiratiana Freelon, The Root, 26 Apr. 2018
• The Rocinha favela has one main, winding street and the rest of the community has been built on the slopes of Two Brothers Mountain.
  — Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 17 Oct. 2017
• Meanwhile, for the young people growing up in the favelas, the convention is an event to look forward to.
  — Gabriel Leão, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2023
• Baracho, 49, grew up just outside the favela, playing pick-up soccer on its dirt fields.
  — David Biller, Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020
• Since then, 52 people have been killed in the favela and an additional 10 injured.
  — Jill Langlois, latimes.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• From the piece: Promises that the Olympics would modernize Rio and make its streets safer and favelas cleaner have also failed.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 10 Aug. 2017
• In May, a police raid on another Rio favela killed 23 people, and last year, a shootout in a third slum left at least 29 people dead.
  — Marina Lopes, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• She was born in Moça Bonita, an impoverished favela in Rio de Janeiro.
  — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2017
• Shoot-outs in favelas, or shantytowns, have killed dozens of people.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
• Lucas admitted that the same driver had taken him to a favela a few weeks earlier, to buy a gun.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021
• Her last post on Twitter called attention to the murder of a young favela resident.
  — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2018
• In a flimsy wooden structure in a small favela on the outer edges of São Paulo, a kitchen, bed, and television occupy the same room.
  — Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 28 Oct. 2022
• Many houses in the favelas are makeshift shacks of cardboard and discarded sheet metal.
  — National Geographic, 25 Feb. 2016
• Many houses in the favelas are makeshift shacks of cardboard and discarded sheet metal.
  — National Geographic, 25 Feb. 2016
• The aggressive stop-and-search patrols, however, lasted only a few weeks — part of what the military called a blitz to gain a grip on the favela.
  — Anthony Faiola and Marina Lopes, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2018
• The single, which is a part of Da Rocinha 4, pays tribute to the largest favela in Brazil and highlights the birthplace of baile funk, one of Sango’s biggest influences.
  — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 20 Nov. 2020
• Robson Luiz de Mendonca, 46, knows firsthand how life in a favela can consume loved ones.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2017
• Michel Silva started a newspaper in the Rocinha favela.
  — Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 17 Oct. 2017
• Sadly, many of his friends who went for the severance packages ended up in the slums (favelas), impacted by the massive decline of the industrial sector.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024