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burguês

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See also: burgués

Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese burges, from Medieval Latin burgēnsis, from Latin burgus + -ēnsis. Equivalent to burgo +‎ -ês and piecewise doublet of burguense.

    Compare Galician and Spanish burgués, Catalan burgès, French bourgeois and Italian borghese.

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -es, -eʃ, (intrusive j) -ejs
    • Hyphenation: bur‧guês

    Adjective

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    burguês (feminine burguesa, masculine plural burgueses, feminine plural burguesas)

    1. bourgeois
    2. (Portugal) philistine

    Descendants

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    • Hunsrik: burgees

    Noun

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    burguês m (plural burgueses, feminine burguesa, feminine plural burguesas)

    1. (historical) burgher (inhabitant of a mediaeval burgh)
    2. (Marxism) bourgeois (member of the upper class)
    3. (Portugal, derogatory) bourgeois (person with overly conventional and materialistic values)
      Synonyms: rico, (slang) grã-fino
    4. (Brazil, informal) a middle- or upper-class person; moneybags
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