Usage Note
Lujo denotes costly comfort or extravagance: un hotel de lujo. The derived adjective is lujoso ('luxurious'). The phrase darse el lujo de means 'to allow oneself the luxury of' doing something, even when the 'luxury' is non-material.
Examples
"Vivir en ese barrio es un lujo."
Natural Translation
Living in that neighbourhood is a luxury.
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