Italian edit

Etymology edit

From im- +‎ borghese +‎ -ire.

Verb edit

imborghesìre (first-person singular present imborghesìsco, first-person singular past historic imborghesìi, past participle imborghesìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, derogatory) to make more bourgeois
  2. (transitive, derogatory) to gentrify (a neighborhood, etc.)
  3. (intransitive, derogatory) to become more bourgeois [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive, derogatory) to gentrify (of a neighborhood, etc.) [auxiliary essere]

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Further reading edit

  • imborghesire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana