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lujo

luxury

noun LOO-hoh Less Common

Origin: Latin luxus (excess)

Usage Note

Lujo denotes costly comfort or extravagance: un hotel de lujo. The derived adjective is lujoso ('luxurious'). The phrase darse el lujo de means 'to allow oneself the luxury of' doing something, even when the 'luxury' is non-material.

Examples

"Vivir en ese barrio es un lujo."

Natural Translation

Living in that neighbourhood is a luxury.

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