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pobre
adjective
1. poor (necesitado)
- más pobre que las ratas (informal) -> as poor as a church mouse
2. poor (desdichado)
- ¡pobre hombre! -> poor man!
- ¡pobre de mí! -> poor me!
- pobre de aquél que se atreva a comerse mi ración -> woe betide anyone who dares to eat my portion
3. poor (mediocre, defectuoso)
4. poor (escaso)
- una dieta pobre en proteínas -> a diet with a low protein content
- esta región es pobre en recursos naturales -> this region lacks natural resources
masculine or feminine noun
5. poor person (sin dinero, infeliz)
- los pobres -> the poor, poor people
- ¡el pobre! -> poor thing!
- la pobre está siempre luchando por dar de comer a sus hijos -> the poor woman is forever struggling to keep her children fed
6. beggar (mendigo)
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pobre [po’-bray]
adjective
1. Poor, necessitous, indigent, needy.
2. Poor, barren, dry.
3. Humble, modest.
4. Poor, unhappy, pitiable, wretched.
5. Poor, trifling, paltry, unimportant.
- Pobre y soberbio -> proud pauper
¡Pobre de mí!, poor old me!
noun
1. A poor person (necesitado), a beggar (mendigo). (m)
2. A man of very pacific and quiet temper. (m)
"pobre" in the Answers forum
| Q: | what does this line mean uno por pobre y feo pero antojao |
| A: | It means, "oneself could be poor and not good looking but with a hearth". In other worlds: even as I am poor and not very attractive, I still could like/love… |
| Q: | Translate 'Al pobre Pepe un dia de estos...' |
| A: | Hi Gabbie, do you wish to translate the text to English? Please, why not try yourself first, then we will gladly correct your mistakes. |
| Q: | Azucena brilla sonríendo en la casa pobre de su Arturo corrections, improvements?… |
| A: | **Azucena shines smiling in the poor house of her Arturo; HER baby girl gets plenty of attention from the sisters.** **The infant is wearing (about the… |
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