Masculine
pobre
- (feminine, masculine) poor (pitiable, pitiful)
- (feminine, masculine) poor (lacking money, resources, etc.)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
po‧bre
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpobɾe/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish pobre, from Latin pauperem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Compare English pauper.
Related words
poor person
destitude
poor man
digno de lástima
de baja calidad
deshercdado
hombre pobre
sin tierra
de pocos bienes
de baja ley
niño pobre
sin recursos
viyuca
chafalmejo
achilado
pobracho
pelero
baiza
arrancaʼo
chipe
pelabola
tierruo
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