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Hoi polloi /ˌhɔɪ_pəˈlɔɪ/; (del griego: οἱ πολλοί, ‘hoi polloí:’‘los muchos’) es una expresión griega que significa "los muchos" o, en sentido amplio, "el pueblo". En inglés se le ha dado una connotación negativa para referirse a las masas. Los sinónimos de hoi polloi incluyen "la plebe" (plebeyos), "la chusma ...
traducir THE HOI POLLOI: el vulgo. Más información en el diccionario inglés-español.
the hoi polloi. noun [ plural ] disapproving or humorous uk / ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ / us / ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ /. ordinary people: Anthony will be in the VIP lounge where he doesn't have to mix with the hoi polloi. SMART Vocabulary: palabras y expresiones relacionadas. Ordinary people. banausic.
'The hoi polloi' - argh, no! Many believe that this term was adopted into English by the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. He did use 'hoi polloi' in his Gleanings from Europe in 1837, but before then it was in common use by those whom we might expect to have been familiar with classical Greek - scholars of Oxford and Cambridge universities.
the hoi polloi. noun [ plural ] disapproving or humorous uk / ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ / us / ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ /. Add to word list. Add to word list. ordinary people: Anthony will be in the VIP lounge where he doesn't have to mix with the hoi polloi. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ordinary people.
4 de feb. de 2024 · (collective) The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commonalty Antonym: elite 1942 April 5, Elizabeth Fagg, “Cafeteria in Mexico”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN: The clientele is a select species of hoi polloi, intermixed with writers, painters and politicos and the more ...
hoi polloi. The masses, the ordinary folk; the phrase is often used in a derogatory way to refer to a popular preference or incorrect opinion: “The hoi polloi may think that Fitzgerald is a great director, but those who know about film realize that his work is commercial and derivative.”. From Greek, meaning “the many.”.
