Italian

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Etymology

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From im- +‎ borghese +‎ -ire.

Verb

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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]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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