gente

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people

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gente
feminine noun
1 people (personas)
  • toda la gente -> everyone, everybody
  • son buena gente -> they're good people
  • gente bien -> well-to-do people
  • gente de bien -> decent folk
  • gente de la calle -> ordinary people
  • la gente corriente -> the common people
  • la gente guapa -> the beautiful people, the smart set (peninsular Spanish)
  • gente menuda -> kids
2 folks (informal) (familia)
adjective invariable
3 decent (amable) (Am)

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gente [hen’-tay]
noun
1 People, persons in general, folk. (f)
2 Nation, those who compose a community (nación). (f)
3 (coll.) A family (parientes). (f)
4 Army, troops (séquito). (f)
  • Gente de bie -> or de buen proceder, honest people
  • Gente común or gente vulgar -> common people
  • Gente de pluma -> notaries, attorneys
  • Gente fina -> well-educated persons
  • Gente de razón -> educated persons
  • Son gente inculta -> they’re rough people
  • No me gusta esa gente -> I don’t like those people
  • Gente de color -> colored people
  • Gente de mar -> seafaring men, seamen
  • Gente de pelo -> well-to-do people
  • Gente gorda -> people of influence
  • Gente menuda -> children
  • Gente humilde -> humble people

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gente
sustantivo:femenino
1 (personas) people; (p)
hay muy poca gente there are very few people; no me gusta esa gente I don't like those people
¿has conocido a gente nueva? son gente inculta
España y sus gentes Spain and its people; son muy buena gente they are very nice people; Juan es buena gente (familiar) Juan is a nice guy; (familiar)
ser [mala] gente
hacer gente to make a crowd
la gente baja the lower classes; (p)
un barrio de gente baja
gente bien (los ricos) well-off people; well-to-do people; (los decorosos) decent people
a ese club solo va la gente bien intentó que la gente bien de Oviedo aflojara sus bolsillos para ayudar a niños desvalidos
gente bonita (México) beautiful people
gente de bien
gente bien See culture box in entry gente.
gente de capa parda (arcaico) country folk
gente de color coloured people; colored people; (EEUU)
gente de la cuchilla (arcaico) butchers; (p)
gente de mar seafaring men; (p)
gente de medio pelo people of limited means; common people
los ejecutivos pijos que evitan asociarse con la gente de medio pelo
gente de paz peace-loving people
¡gente de paz! (Mil) friend!
gente de pelo (arcaico) well-to-do people
gente de pluma (arcaico) clerks; (p) penpushers; (p)
gente de trato (arcaico) tradespeople
gente gorda (España) (familiar) well-to-do people; rich people
una boda de gente gorda en verano el pueblo se llenaba de los yates de la gente gorda
gente guapa gente linda (Latinoamérica) beautiful people
gente menuda children; (p)
un programa de televisión para la gente menuda
gente natural (Centroamérica) Indians; (p) natives; (p)
gente perdida (anticuado) riff-raff
Antes eran gente perdida, lazarillos, capas, vagabundos, rufianes...
gente principal nobility; gentry
don
2 (México) (persona) person
había dos gentes there were two people
3 (familiar) (parientes) family; folks; (familiar) (p)
mi gente my family; my folks; (familiar)
de gente en gente from generation to generation
4 (nación) nation
5 (Mil) men; (p) troops; (p)
6 (séquito) retinue
el rey y su gente the king and his retinue
7 (Latinoamérica) upper-class people; (p)
ser (buena) gente to be respectable people
adjetivo
es muy gente (familiar) (Chile) he's very decent; (familiar) (México) he's very kind

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