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'povəti(the condition of being poor: They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil.) pobrezapoverty n pobreza / miseriatr['pɒvətɪ]1 (gen) pobreza\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto live below the poverty line no tener ni el mínimo necesario para vivirpoverty line umbral nombre masculino de la pobrezapoverty ['pɑvərt̬i] n: pobreza f, indigencia fn.• desdicha s.f.• estrechez s.f.• indigencia s.f.• laceria s.f.• mengua s.f.• mezquindad s.f.• miseria s.f.• penuria s.f.• pobretería s.f.• pobreza s.f.'pɑːvərti, 'pɒvətimass noun pobreza f; (before n)['pɒvǝtɪ]1. N1) (=state of being poor) pobreza fabsolute/extreme/relative poverty — pobreza f absoluta/extrema/relativa
abject, grinding, plead 1., 2), vow 1.to live/die in poverty — vivir/morir en la pobreza
2) (=lack) pobreza f, escasez fpoverty of resources — pobreza f or escasez f de recursos
poverty of ideas — pobreza f de ideas
poverty of imagination — pobreza f or falta f de imaginación
3) (=poor quality) [of soil] pobreza f2.CPDpoverty line, poverty level (US) N — umbral m de pobreza
to be or live above/below the poverty line or level — vivir por encima/por debajo del umbral de pobreza
to be or live on the poverty line — vivir en el umbral de pobreza, vivir al borde de la pobreza
poverty trap N — (Brit) trampa f de la pobreza
* * *['pɑːvərti, 'pɒvəti]mass noun pobreza f; (before n)
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