Meaning of poverty | Babel Free
ˈpɒvətiDefinitions
- The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
- A deficiency of something needed or desired
Equivalents
Bosanski
нужда
Català
pobresa
Esperanto
malriĉeco
Eesti
vaesus
فارسی
فقر
Français
pauvreté
Gaeilge
bochtaineacht
Galego
pobreza
עברית
עוני
हिन्दी
अवित्ति
कंगाली
कार्पण्य
ग़रीबी
ग़ुरबत
दरिद्रता
दारिद्र
दैन
दैन्य
दौर्गत्य
निर्धनता
भूखमरी
मुफ़लिसी
विधनता
Hrvatski
нужда
Հայերեն
աղքատություն
Íslenska
fátækt
Italiano
povertà
Қазақша
кедейлік
ខ្មែរ
ភាពក្រ
Кыргызча
кедейлик
Latviešu
nabadzība
Македонски
сиромаштија
മലയാളം
ദാരിദ്ര്യം
Bahasa Melayu
kemiskinan
Malti
faqar
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ဆင်းရဲခြင်း
Nederlands
armoede
Português
pobreza
Shqip
varfëri
Српски
нужда
தமிழ்
வறுமை
Tagalog
karukhaan
اردو
غَرِیبی
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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