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241 penuria
f.1 penury, poverty (pobreza).2 paucity, dearth (escasez).* * *1 (escasez) shortage2 (pobreza) extreme poverty, penury* * *SF (=pobreza) poverty; (=escasez) shortage, dearth* * *a) ( escasez) shortage, dearthuna auténtica penuria de medios — a real shortage o dearth of resources
b) ( pobreza) poverty* * *= paucity, penury, hardship.Ex. So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.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. Ordinarily, one should avoid simultaneous 'exchanges' of personnel between units for training purposes because it is a hardship for any library section to try to train a new person while one of their 'regulars' is gone at the same time.----* pasar penurias = suffer from + deprivation.* penurias = deprivation.* penurias económicas = economic deprivation.* vivir en la penuria = live in + penury.* * *a) ( escasez) shortage, dearthuna auténtica penuria de medios — a real shortage o dearth of resources
b) ( pobreza) poverty* * *= paucity, penury, hardship.Ex: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.
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: Ordinarily, one should avoid simultaneous 'exchanges' of personnel between units for training purposes because it is a hardship for any library section to try to train a new person while one of their 'regulars' is gone at the same time.* pasar penurias = suffer from + deprivation.* penurias = deprivation.* penurias económicas = economic deprivation.* vivir en la penuria = live in + penury.* * *1 (escasez) shortage, dearthuna auténtica penuria de medios a real shortage o dearth of resourcespasaron verdaderas penurias durante la guerra they suffered real hardship during the war2 (pobreza) povertyviven en la penuria they live in poverty o ( liter) penury* * *
penuria sustantivo femenino
penuria sustantivo femenino shortage, poverty
* * *penuria nf1. [pobreza] poverty;vivieron muchos años en la penuria they lived in poverty for many years2. [escasez] paucity, dearth;pasar penurias to suffer hardship* * *f1 ( pobreza) poverty;sufrir penurias suffer hardship* * *penuria nf1) escasez: shortage, scarcity2) : poverty
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