esquerda caviar

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of French gauche caviar

Noun

esquerda caviar f (plural esquerdas caviares)

1. champagne socialist, gauche caviar (one who hypocritically claims to be a socialist, but at the same time belongs to a social class and/or have a lifestyle that contradicts socialist principles)

   A esquerda caviar se diz ser a favor da igualdade social e dos direitos da classe trabalhadora, mas foram passar as férias em Miami.

   The champagne socialists are said to be in favor of social equality and the working class rights, but they have gone on vacation to Miami.

Further reading

• “esquerda caviar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025