working-class

de clase trabajadora

working-class(wuhr-kihng-klahs)

adjective

1. (related to a person)

a. de clase trabajadora

The president comes from a working-class family.

El presidente es de una familia de clase trabajadora.

b. de clase obrera

These tax changes will affect working-class people the most.

Estos cambios fiscales afectarán más a gente de clase obrera.

c. de la clase trabajadora

The candidate's campaign will mobilize the working-class vote.

La campaña de la candidata movilizará el voto de la clase trabajadora.

2. (related to a neighborhood)

a. obrero

I grew up in a working-class neighborhood.

Me crié en un barrio obrero.

working-class

adjective

1. (general)

a. de clase obrera

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working-class [ˈwɜːkɪŋklɑːs]

adjective

[+person, family] de clase obrera; de clase trabajadora; [+neighbourhood] obrero

...the lives of working-class women ...children from working-class homes It was a working-class neighbourhood ...occupations traditionally considered to be working-class

a self-educated man from a working-class background un autodidacta de familia de clase obrera or trabajadora

she comes from a working-class background

to be working-class ser de clase obrera or trabajadora

The audience was working-class

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