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1 poorness
noun pobrezan.• pobreza s.f.['pʊǝnɪs]N1) (=poverty) pobreza f2) (=poor quality) mala calidad fpoorness of spirit — apocamiento m, mezquindad f
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2 poorness
s.1 pobreza, necesidad, estrechez, miseria; carestía.2 pobreza, escasez o cortedad de ánimo o de otras prendas del alma.3 pobreza, esterilidad, falta o escasez de alguna cosa.4 mala calidad. -
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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 -
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1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) pobre2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) malo; escaso3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) pobre•- poorness- poorly
2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) pachucho, malo, indispuestopoor adj pobretr[pʊəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (person, family, country) pobre3 (unfortunate) pobre■ you poor thing! ¡pobrecito!1 los pobres nombre masculino pluralpoor ['pʊr, 'por] adj1) : pobrepoor people: los pobres2) scanty: pobre, escasopoor attendance: baja asistencia3) unfortunate: pobrepoor thing!: ¡pobrecito!4) bad: maloto be in poor health: estar mal de saludadj.• aporreado, -a adj.• arrancado, -a adj.• arrastrado, -a adj.• descamisado, -a adj.• malo, -a adj.• mezquino, -a adj.• necesitado, -a adj.• pobre adj.• pobrete adj.
I pɔːr, pɔːr, pʊə(r)adjective -er, -est1) ( not wealthy) pobre2) (unsatisfactory, bad) < harvest> pobre, escaso; <diet/quality> malo; < imitation> burdoto be in very poor health — estar* muy delicado or muy mal de salud
3) ( unfortunate) (before n) pobre
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[pʊǝ(r)]1. ADJ(compar poorer) (superl poorest)1) (=not rich) [person, family, country] pobrepoor people — gente f pobre, personas fpl pobres
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pewter was the poor man's silver — el peltre era la plata de los pobres•
they thought that cinema was a or the poor relation of theatre — pensaban que el cine era el pariente pobre del teatro•
to be the poorer (for sth), the nation is the poorer for her death — la nación ha sufrido una gran pérdida con su muerteit left me £5 the poorer — me dejó con 5 libras de menos
- be as poor as a church mouse2) (=inferior, bad) [goods, service] malo, de mala calidadthe wine was poor — el vino era malo or de mala calidad
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to be a poor imitation of sth — ser una burda or pobre imitación de algo•
to have a poor opinion of sb — tener un concepto poco favorable de algn•
to come a poor second (to sth/sb), he came a poor second in the final race — quedó el segundo en la carrera final, a bastante distancia del primerohis family comes a poor second to his career — su familia queda relegada a segundo lugar tras su carrera
3) (=deficient) [memory] malo; [soil] pobre, estéril; [harvest] pobre, escaso•
soils that are poor in zinc — suelos que son pobres en zinc or que tienen bajo contenido en zinc4) (=untalented)•
to be poor at maths — no ser muy bueno en matemáticas5) (=unfortunate) pobrepoor little thing! — ¡pobrecito!, ¡pobre criaturita!
poor (old) you!, you poor (old) thing! — ¡pobrecito!
devil 1., 2)he's very ill, poor chap — está grave el pobre
2.NPL•
the poor — los pobresthe rural/urban poor — los pobres de las zonas rurales/urbanas
3.CPDpoor law N — (Hist) ley f de asistencia pública
relief 1., 4) POORpoor white N — (US) persona pobre de raza blanca
Position of "pobre"
You should generally put p obre {after} the noun when you mean poor in the sense of "not rich" and {before} the noun in the sense of "unfortunate":
It's a poor area Es una región pobre
The poor boy was trembling El pobre chico estaba temblando For further uses and examples, see main entry* * *
I [pɔːr, pɔːr, pʊə(r)]adjective -er, -est1) ( not wealthy) pobre2) (unsatisfactory, bad) < harvest> pobre, escaso; <diet/quality> malo; < imitation> burdoto be in very poor health — estar* muy delicado or muy mal de salud
3) ( unfortunate) (before n) pobre
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См. также в других словарях:
Poorness — Poor ness, n. The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective). Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
poorness — index dearth, indigence, mediocrity, poverty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
poorness — poverty, poorness Poverty is the usual noun corresponding to poor in its meanings to do with lack of wealth or lack of things regarded like wealth (e.g. poverty of inspiration). Poorness is not often used and is more usual in meanings to do with… … Modern English usage
poorness — noun (U) formal lack of skill or good qualities (+ of): the poorness of my German accent compare poverty … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
poorness — noun see poor … New Collegiate Dictionary
poorness — See poor. * * * … Universalium
poorness — noun a) The quality of being poor b) poverty … Wiktionary
poorness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. want, need, destitution; see poverty 1 , starvation … English dictionary for students
poorness — poor·ness || pÊŠrnɪs / pÊŠÉ™ n. state of lacking money, indigence … English contemporary dictionary
poorness — n. Poverty … New dictionary of synonyms
poorness — poor·ness … English syllables