vecindad

f.

1 neighborhood (vecindario).

2 neighborliness.

3 vicinity (alrededores).

4 people in the neighborhood, neighbours, neighbors.

5 tenement house, tenement, tenement building.

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vecindad

► nombre femenino

1 (lugar) neighbourhood (US neighborhood), vicinity

2 (vecinos) neighbours plural (US neighbors plural), residents plural, community

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FRASEOLOGÍA

casa de vecindad block of flats

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noun f.

neighborhood, vicinity

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SF

1) (=barrio) neighbourhood, neighborhood (EEUU); (=cercanía) vicinity

(LAm) (=barrio pobre) inner-city slum

2) (=vecinos) neighbours [pl] , neighbors (EEUU) [pl] , neighbourhood; (=comunidad local) local community; (=residentes) residents [pl]

3) (Jur) residence, abode

declarar su vecindad — to state where one lives, give one's place of residence

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femenino

1) (lugar, barrio) neighborhood*, area; (vecinos) residents (pl)

2) (Méx) (edificio) tenement house

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= neighbourhood [neighborhood, -USA], vicinity.

Ex. Their first-hand knowledge of the community and commitment to its problems has been invaluable in ensuring that NACs respond sympathetically and swiftly to the needs of the neighbourhood.

Ex. Students should be encouraged to pay a visit to a library in their own vicinity to consult particular sources or to initiate an interlibrary loan request.

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* buena vecindad = neighbourliness [neighborliness, -USA].

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

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femenino

1) (lugar, barrio) neighborhood*, area; (vecinos) residents (pl)

2) (Méx) (edificio) tenement house

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= neighbourhood [neighborhood, -USA], vicinity.

Ex: Their first-hand knowledge of the community and commitment to its problems has been invaluable in ensuring that NACs respond sympathetically and swiftly to the needs of the neighbourhood.

Ex: Students should be encouraged to pay a visit to a library in their own vicinity to consult particular sources or to initiate an interlibrary loan request.

* buena vecindad = neighbourliness [neighborliness, -USA].

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

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vecindad

feminine

A

1 (lugar, barrio) neighborhood*, area

no hay colegios en la vecindad there are no schools in the neighborhood o area o vicinity

2 (vecinos) vecindario m 2. (↑ vecindario)

B (Méx) (edificio) tenement house

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vecindad sustantivo femenino
1 (lugar, barrio) neighborhood^{(conjugate neighborhood)}, area;
(vecinos) residents (pl)
2 (Méx) (edificio) tenement house
vecindad sustantivo femenino
1 proximity, vicinity
2 neighbours, neighbourhood
'vecindad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casa
- solar
- vecindario
English:
neighborliness
- neighbourliness
- vicinity

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vecindad nf

1. [barrio] neighbourhood

2. [cualidad] neighbourliness;

un gesto de buena vecindad a neighbourly gesture

3. [alrededores] vicinity

4. Méx [vivienda] = communal dwelling where poor families each live in a single room and share a bathroom and kitchen with others

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vecindad

f Méx

poor area

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vecindad nf

1) : neighborhood, vicinity

2)

casa de vecindad : tenement