No. 7,618 in Catalan
burgès
"Burgès" means "bourgeois" or "middle class."
In a sentence
El burgès passejava pel parc amb la seva família.
The bourgeois was strolling through the park with his family.
Here, 'burgès' is used as a noun to describe a person belonging to the bourgeois social class.
Al cinema van fer una pel·lícula sobre la revolta contra els burgesos.
The cinema showed a movie about the revolt against the bourgeois.
Now, 'burgesos' is used in plural to talk collectively about the members of the bourgeoisie.
El seu comportament era burgès i ple de pretensions.
His behavior was bourgeois and full of pretensions.
In this example, 'burgès' is used as an adjective to describe a person's manner or behavior exhibiting bourgeois traits.
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