burgués

bourgeois person

noun adjective boor-GEHS Rare

Origin: From French bourgeois, itself from Old French bourg (town), ultimately Germanic.

Also means

bourgeois

Usage Note

Burgués has a feminine form burguesa and a plural burgueses. As a noun it refers to a member of the middle or upper-middle class; as an adjective it can carry a Marxist connotation of complacency or materialism. Note the accent mark on the singular but not on burgueses.

Examples

"Vivía como un burgués sin preocupaciones."

Natural Translation

He lived like a bourgeois without worries.

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