progre
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish progre, from Spanish progresista (“progressive”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]progre m or f (plural progres)
- (colloquial) progressive, (US) liberal
- 1993, Valentí Puig, Annus horribilis:
- La «progre» Hillary es convertí en alguna cosa maligna, a la manera d'aquelles dones que, segons el predicador evangelista Pat Robertson, «abandonen els seus marits, maten els seus nens, practiquen la bruixeria, destrueixen el capitalisme i es fan lesbianes».
- The "liberal" Hillary was converted into some evil thing, along the lines of those women who, according to the evangelical preacher Pat Robertson, "leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians".
Further reading
[edit]- “progre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of progresista (“progressive”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]progre m or f (masculine and feminine plural progres)
- (politics, slang, usually derogatory) trendy, modern, progressive, liberal (one who advocates a certain course of action, of progressive political or social concern, with the naïve conviction of their own moral superiority.)
- Synonym: izquierdista
- 2015 November 18, Javier Rodríguez Marcos, “La novela perfecta para mañana”, in El País[1]:
- Publicada en 2000 por Anagrama, Chirbes decía que, con todas las dudas, su mejor obra era ese retablo roto formado por un comisario de la brigada político-social, un empresario enriquecido con el estraperlo, un universitario progre con mala conciencia de clase o un trabajador del metro que conoce en la cárcel a un abogado leninista que se las sabe todas.
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- (politics, slang, usually derogatory) woke, politically correct, social justice warrior
Noun
[edit]progre m or f by sense (plural progres)
- (politics, slang, usually derogatory) left-winger, leftie
Further reading
[edit]- “progre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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