gente

Definitions of gente
  1. noun
    (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
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    guerrero indio
    people who are brave
    difunto, extinto, muerto
    people who are no longer living
    enemigo
    any hostile group of people
    plebe, pueblo, rotería, vulgo
    people in general (often used in the plural)
    enfermo, vómito
    people who are sick
    herido
    people who are wounded
    condición, rango
    people having the same social, economic, or educational status
    nación, país, pueblo
    the people who live in a nation or country
    pueblo
    people in general considered as a whole
    generación
    all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
    clientela, parroquia
    customers collectively
    cría
    young people collectively
    agricultura
    the class of people engaged in growing food
    cofradía, confraternidad, fraternidad, hermandad
    people engaged in a particular occupation
    clase obrera, proletariado
    a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
    burguesía, clase media
    the social class between the lower and upper classes
    campesinado, villanaje
    the class of peasants
    casta
    (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
    clase alta
    the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
    bahorrina, canalla, carroña, chusma, gauchaje, gentecilla, gentualla, gentuza
    disparaging terms for the common people
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    agrupación, colectivo, grupo
    any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
  2. noun
    the common people generally
    synonyms: masa, multitud, pueblo
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    laicado
    in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
    basca, hueste, mesnada, seguidores
    a group of followers or enthusiasts
    audiencia, lectorado, lectores, público
    the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
    claque, porra, tifus
    a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
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    agrupación, colectivo, grupo
    any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
  3. noun
    a group of followers or enthusiasts
    synonyms: basca, hueste, mesnada, seguidores
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    claque, porra, tifus
    a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
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    masa, multitud, pueblo
    the common people generally
  4. noun
    the fashionable elite
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    elite, élite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
  5. noun
    the group following and attending to some important person
    synonyms: acompañamiento, camarilla, comitiva, convoy, corte, cortejo, séquito
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    colectividad, grupo humano
    a group of persons together in one place
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