pobreza

poverty

noun

pobreza
feminine noun
1 poverty
  • pobreza de -> lack o scarcity of
  • pobreza de espíritu -> weakness of character

pobreza [po-bray'-thah]
noun
1 Poverty, indigence, necessity, want, need. (f)
2 Poorness, sterility, barrenness. (f)
3 Heap of worthless trifles. (f)
4 Voluntary vow of poverty. (f)
5 Poorness, lowness or littleness of spirit. (f)
  • Pobreza de espíritu -> poorness of spirit

pobreza
sustantivo:femenino
1 (falta de dinero) poverty
vivían en la más absoluta pobreza they lived in abject poverty
pobreza no es vileza poverty is not a crime
2 (escasez)
nos sorprendió la pobreza de su razonamiento we were surprised by the poverty of his arguments; pobreza de vocabulario poverty of vocabulary
3 (Religión)
voto de pobreza vow of poverty