poverty

Noun CEFR B2 Standard

ˈpɒvəti

Definitions

The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
A deficiency of something needed or desired

Equivalents

Españolegestad mishiadura pauperismopobreza

Françaispauvreté

DeutschArmut Not

57 more languages

العربيةالفاقة حاجة زلطضيق عيلة فاقة فقر فلاكة قلة مسكنة

Azərbaycan dilikasıblıq səfalət yoxsulluq

Беларускаябе́днасць бедната́гале́чанэндза

Българскибедност ли́пса недостигнемотия сиромашия

Bosanskibijeda golotinja mišaroskudica siromaštvo sirotinja биједа голотиња неимаштина нужда оскудица сиромаштво сиротиња

Catalàpobresa

Češtinachudoba nedostatek žebrota

Danskarmod fattigdom

Ελληνικάαδεκαρία ακτημοσύνη αναπαραδιάανέχεια φτώχια

Esperantomalriĉeco

فارسیفقر

Suomiköyhtyneisyys köyhyys puutevähävaraisuus

Gaeilgebochtaineacht

Gàidhligairc bochdainn feumluime truaighe

ગુજરાતીગરીબાઈ દળદર

עבריתעוני

हिन्दीअवित्ति कंगाली कार्पण्यग़रीबी ग़ुरबत दरिद्रता दारिद्र दैन दैन्य दौर्गत्य निर्धनता भूखमरी मुफ़लिसी विधनता

Hrvatskibijeda golotinja mišaroskudica siromaštvo sirotinja биједа голотиња неимаштина нужда оскудица сиромаштво сиротиња

Magyarhiány nyomorúság szegénység

Հայերենաղքատություն

Bahasa Indonesiakefakiran kekurangan kemiskinan

Íslenskafátækt

Italianopovertà

日本語乏困窮欠乏茄子貧貧乏貧困

ქართულისიღარიბე სიღატაკე

Қазақ тілікедейлік

ភាសាខ្មែរភាពក្រ

한국어가난 결핍 궁궁핍 빈곤

Kurdîmişar not sefalet

Кыргызчакедейлик

Latinaieiunitas impotentia maciespauperiēs paupertās tenuitas

Latviešukailums mazturība nabadzībatrūcība trūkums

Te Reo Māoripōhara

Македонскисиромаштија

മലയാളംദാരിദ്ര്യം

Bahasa Melayukemiskinan

Maltifaqar

မြန်မာဆင်းရဲခြင်း

Nederlandsarmoede

Polskibieda bryndza goliznamitręga nędza niedostatek pataractwo ubóstwo

Portuguêspobreza

Românămizerie paupertate sărăcie

Русскийбедность беднота недостатокнехватка нищета нужда ску́дность

Slovenčinachudoba nedostatok

Српскиbijeda golotinja mišaroskudica siromaštvo sirotinja биједа голотиња неимаштина нужда оскудица сиромаштво сиротиња

Svenskaarmod fattigdom misär

Kiswahiliufukara umaskini

தமிழ்வறுமை

తెలుగుపేదరికం బీదరికం

ไทยความจน ความยากจน

Tagalogkarukhaan

Türkçefakirlik fakr sefaletyokluk yoksulluk

Українськабі́дність біднота́зли́дніубо́зтво

اردوغَرِیبی

Examples

“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.”

“America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own ⟳ poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live ⟳ lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.”

“poverty of soil”

“poverty of the blood”

“poverty of spirit”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

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