burguesia

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bourgeoisie, from bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from bourgeois, "burghers", i.e., inhabitants of towns. By surface analysis, from burguês +‎ -ia. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bur‧gue‧si‧a === Noun === burguesia f (plural burguesias) bourgeoisie ==== Related terms ==== burgo burguês === Further reading === “burguesia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “burguesia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026