poverty

sustantivocorriente en diálogos

Reino Unido//ˈpɒvəti//
Estados Unidos//ˈpɑːvɚti//

The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

sustantivo

1
The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
get into poverty
get out of poverty
escape from poverty
From there Prince Rupert, the Royalist general and nephew of Charles I, demanded over £2,000 from the mayor of Leicester to pay the king's forces who were camped around Queniborough. The mayor, however, pleaded poverty and sent only £500.
2
A deficiency of something needed or desired
poverty of soil
poverty of the blood
poverty of spirit

Etimología

From Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertās, from pauper (“poor”) + -tas (“noun of state suffix”). Cognates include pauper, poor.

Formas

plural: poverties

pounding · An act in which something or someone is pounded.pour · To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a…pouring · The act by which something is poured.

poverty · The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

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