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classe alta

Portuguese, noun/ˈkla.si ˈaw.tɐ/

classe alta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “upper class (people at the top of a social or economic hierarchy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does classe alta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineupper class (people at the top of a social or economic hierarchy)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. conjunto das pessoas de elevada condição social.

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of classe alta

  • classes altas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce classe alta?

  • Brazil /ˈkla.si ˈaw.tɐ/
  • Brazil [ˈkla.si ˈaʊ̯.tɐ]
  • Portugal /ˌklaˈs‿al.tɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.