burguês

See also: burgués

Portuguese

Etymology

    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

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /buʁˈɡe(j)s/ [buɦˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /buɾˈɡe(j)s/ [buɾˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /buʁˈɡe(j)ʃ/ [buʁˈɡe(ɪ̯)ʃ]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /buɻˈɡe(j)s/ [buɻˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /buɾˈɡeʃ/ [buɾˈɣeʃ]

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

    Adjective

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

    1. bourgeois
    2. (Portugal) philistine

    Descendants

    • → Hunsrik: burgees

    Noun

    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

    Further reading

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