impoverish

Significat (Anglès)

1. (transitive) To make poor.
2. (transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
3. (intransitive) To become poor.

Conceptes

empobrir

privar

Sinònims

pauperize

ruin

deplete

make poor

deprive

beggar

fleece

retard

ruinate

spoil

bring to ruin

trash

weaken

wreck

be poor

do harm to

depauperate

pauperise

reduce to beggary

make badly off

render poor

bankrupt

pauperise

damage

destroy

deteriorate

devastate

exhaust

poor

Traduccions

appauvrir

empobrecer

verarmen

impoverire

verarmen

fakirleştirmek

empobrecer

verelenden

arm machen

s’appauvrir

depauperar

immiserire

فقر

depauperarsi

أفقر

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: impoverishen

In summary

From Middle English impoverishen, empoverishen, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).