burguês — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bourgeois adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
- moneybags noun An informal, often mocking, term for a very wealthy person.
- philistine noun A person seen as indifferent or hostile to art, literature, and culture, and who has conventional or unrefined tastes.
Senses
burguês is used for these senses in English:
- bourgeois (Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
- bourgeois (history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
- moneybags (informal) A wealthy person.
- philistine (derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.
bourgeois — full definition
- adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
- noun A member of the middle or property-owning class.