indigent

Mrs. Hurst was from a family of indigent aristocrats fallen on hard times.La señora Hurst era de una familia de aristócratas indigentes venidos a menos.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g. usted).

(formal)

A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g. cat, groovy).

(old-fashioned)

(very poor person)

a. el indigente

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

, la indigente

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Indigents sheltered in shop doorways, begging from passersby.En las entradas de las tiendas, buscaban refugio indigentes, que pedían limosnas a los transeúntes.

A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

plural noun

3. (very poor people)

a. los indigentes

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Charities existed to help the indigent and the homeless.Existían obras benéficas para ayudar a los indigentes y a los sin techo.

indigent [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]

adjective

indigente

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