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1 miseria
f.1 poverty (pobreza).2 misfortune (desgracia).3 meanness.4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).5 pittance (poco dinero).le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.8 hardship.* * *1 (pobreza) extreme poverty2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness3 (tacañería) meanness* * *noun f.1) misery2) poverty* * *SF1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution2) (=insignificancia)3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.----* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.
Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *A (pobreza) poverty, destitutionvivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject povertyB(cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittancemira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)C (desgracia) misfortunelas miserias de la guerra the miseries of warestar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)* * *
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;
3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
' miseria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
- villa
English:
bread line
- chicken
- misery
- peanut
- penury
- pittance
- plunge
- poverty
- squalor
- starvation
- untold
- wake
- want
- wretchedness
- abject
- down
- shantytown
* * *miseria nf1. [pobreza] poverty;viven en la miseria they live in poverty3. [tacañería] meanness4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness5. [poco dinero] pittance;le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;CSur Famllorar miseria to plead poverty6. CompRP Fama la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead* * *f1 poverty2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery* * *miseria nf1) pobreza: poverty2) : misery, suffering3) : pittance, meager amount* * * -
2 pobreza
f.poverty.pobreza de lack o scarcity ofpobreza de espíritu weakness of character* * *1 (escasez de dinero) poverty2 (falta) lack, scarcity* * *noun f.1) poverty2) want* * *SF1) (=falta de dinero) poverty2) (=escasez)3) (Rel)* * *a) ( económica) povertyb) ( mediocridad) poverty, poornessc) ( de la tierra) poorness, poor quality* * *= anaemia [anemia, -USA], poverty, scarcity, penury.Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.----* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.* de la pobreza a la fortuna = rags to riches.* de la pobreza a la riqueza = from rags to riches.* feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.* nivel de pobreza = poverty level.* pobreza de información = information poverty.* trampa de la pobreza = poverty trap.* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.* * *a) ( económica) povertyb) ( mediocridad) poverty, poornessc) ( de la tierra) poorness, poor quality* * *= anaemia [anemia, -USA], poverty, scarcity, penury.Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.* de la pobreza a la fortuna = rags to riches.* de la pobreza a la riqueza = from rags to riches.* feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.* nivel de pobreza = poverty level.* pobreza de información = information poverty.* trampa de la pobreza = poverty trap.* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.* * *1 (económica) povertyviven en la más extrema pobreza they live in abject povertypobreza franciscana abject povertyvivían en una pobreza franciscana they were poverty-stricken, they lived in abject o absolute povertyla comida fue de una pobreza franciscana the meal was very frugal2 (mediocridad) poverty, poornesssu conversación es de una pobreza deprimente his conversation is depressingly dullpobreza cultural y espiritual cultural and spiritual poverty3 (de la tierra) poorness, poor quality* * *
pobreza sustantivo femenino
pobreza sustantivo femenino poverty
' pobreza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bolsa
- demasiada
- demasiado
- madre
- miseria
- núcleo
- progresiva
- progresivo
- sacar
- sordidez
- tiña
- campesino
- humildad
- necesidad
- penuria
English:
close
- curse
- deprivation
- destitution
- divorce
- ensue
- penury
- pettiness
- pocket
- poverty
- poverty-stricken
- squalor
- hand
- weakness
* * *pobreza nf1. [de bienes] poverty;vivir en la pobreza to live in poverty;pobreza de espíritu spiritual poverty2. [escasez] poverty;pobreza de ideas poverty of ideas3. [de terreno] barrenness* * *f poverty* * *pobreza nf: poverty* * *pobreza n poverty
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