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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish progre, from Spanish progresista (“progressive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
progre m or f (plural progres)
- (colloquial) progressive, (US) liberal
1993, Valentí Puig, Annus horribilis:La «progre» Hillary es convertí en alguna cosa maligna, a la manera d'aquelles dones que, segons el predicador evangelista Pat Robertson, «abandonen els seus marits, maten els seus nens, practiquen la bruixeria, destrueixen el capitalisme i es fan lesbianes».- The "liberal" Hillary was converted into some evil thing, along the lines of those women who, according to the evangelical preacher Pat Robertson, "leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians".
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Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of progresista (“progressive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾoɡɾe/
- Rhymes: -oɡɾe
- Syllabification: pro‧gre
Adjective
progre m or f (masculine and feminine plural progres)
- (politics, slang, usually derogatory) trendy, modern, progressive, liberal (one who advocates a certain course of action, of progressive political or social concern, with the naïve conviction of their own moral superiority.)
- Synonym: izquierdista
2015 November 18, Javier Rodríguez Marcos, “La novela perfecta para mañana”, in El País:Publicada en 2000 por Anagrama, Chirbes decía que, con todas las dudas, su mejor obra era ese retablo roto formado por un comisario de la brigada político-social, un empresario enriquecido con el estraperlo, un universitario progre con mala conciencia de clase o un trabajador del metro que conoce en la cárcel a un abogado leninista que se las sabe todas.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (politics, slang, usually derogatory) woke, politically correct, social justice warrior
- Synonyms: (often pejorative) rojo, (often pejorative) zurdo
2021 December 6, Patricia Sanz, “Abascal: «El consenso constitucional ha sido sustituido por el consenso 'progre'»”, in El Debate: 2022 July 21, “Vox pide al PP que "se demarque de las políticas progres y solucione los problemas reales de los santanderinos"”, in Cantabria Liberal:
Noun
progre m or f by sense (plural progres)
- (politics, slang, usually derogatory) left-winger, leftie
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