pobre

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poor

adjective

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)

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

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