suburban

Una palabra o frase ofensiva que se usa para degradar a una persona o a un grupo de personas basado en su raza, género, preferencia sexual, etc. (p. ej. cafre).

(peyorativo)

The novel is about a group of suburban housewives who rebel against their husbands.La novela trata de un grupo de amas de casa aburguesadas que se rebelan contra sus maridos.

4. (transporte)

a. suburbano

All suburban train services leave from this station.Todos los servicios de trenes suburbanos salen de esta estación.

b. de cercanías

Regionalismo que se usa en España

(España)

Every day, thousands of commuters crowd the suburban trains at rush hour.Cada día, miles de viajeros llenan los trenes de cercanías en la hora punta.

suburban

Un adjetivo es una palabra que describe a un sustantivo (p.ej. el perro grande).

adjetivo

1. (attitudes, life)

a. aburguesado(a)

suburban traintren de cercanías

suburban [səˈbɜːbən]

adjetivo

suburban shopping centres The wealthy [area] is Clifton Heath, a leafy wooded suburban area of Bristol suburban shopping malls a quiet suburban [street] in Birmingham una calle tranquila (en una zona residencial) de las afueras de Birmingham

people who live in suburban areas la gente que vive en las zonas residenciales de las afueras de una ciudad

Gates lived in a modest suburban [house] She'd like to move to a suburban home Cities [are] losing business to suburban shopping centers ...a movement of jobs from the central city to suburban [communities] ...a white suburban [community]

he was born in suburban London nació en una zona residencial de las afueras de Londres

He now lives in suburban Detroit Police in suburban Chicago [are] investigating the murders ...the familiar postwar pattern of suburban sprawl ...the [area] between Paris proper and the suburban sprawl beyond ...Orange County, the vast suburban sprawl built on citrus groves south of Los Angeles

suburban train tren (m) de cercanías

2 (middle-class) [+lifestyle, values, housewife, family] de clase media

...teenagers looking for an escape route from humdrum suburban life I led an ordinary, suburban, upper-middle-class life ...the suburban family [values] derided by liberals in the sixties He saw her as a typical suburban housewife ...dreary little suburban housewives droning on about their colourless lives ... His clothes are conservative and suburban The president hopes to win back suburban voters

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