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Meaning of poverty | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard

ˈpɒvəti

Definitions

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

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العربية الفاقة حاجة زلط ضيق عيلة فاقة فقر فلاكة قلة مسكنة

Azərbaycanca kasıblıq səfalət yoxsulluq

Беларуская бе́днасць бедната́ гале́ча нэндза

Български бедност ли́пса недостиг немотия сиромашия

Bosanski bijeda golotinja mišar oskudica siromaštvo sirotinja биједа голотиња неимаштина нужда оскудица сиромаштво сиротиња

Català pobresa

Čeština chudoba nedostatek žebrota

Dansk armod fattigdom

Deutsch Armut Not

Ελληνικά αδεκαρία ακτημοσύνη αναπαραδιά ανέχεια φτώχια

Esperanto malriĉeco

Español egestad mishiadura pauperismo pobreza

Eesti vaesus

فارسی فقر

Suomi köyhtyneisyys köyhyys puute vähävaraisuus

Français pauvreté

Gaeilge bochtaineacht

Gàidhlig airc bochdainn feum luime truaighe

Galego pobreza

ગુજરાતી ગરીબાઈ દળદર

עברית עוני

हिन्दी अवित्ति कंगाली कार्पण्य ग़रीबी ग़ुरबत दरिद्रता दारिद्र दैन दैन्य दौर्गत्य निर्धनता भूखमरी मुफ़लिसी विधनता

Hrvatski bijeda golotinja mišar oskudica siromaštvo sirotinja биједа голотиња неимаштина нужда оскудица сиромаштво сиротиња

Magyar hiány nyomorúság szegénység

Հայերեն աղքատություն

Bahasa Indonesia kefakiran kekurangan kemiskinan

Íslenska fátækt

Italiano povertà

日本語乏困窮欠乏茄子貧貧乏貧困

ქართული სიღარიბე სიღატაკე

Қазақша кедейлік

ខ្មែរ ភាពក្រ

한국어 가난 결핍 궁 궁핍 빈곤

Kurdî mişar not not sefalet

Кыргызча кедейлик

Latina ieiunitas impotentia macies pauperiēs paupertās tenuitas

Latviešu kailums mazturība nabadzība trūcība trūkums

Te Reo Māori pōhara

Македонски сиромаштија

മലയാളം ദാരിദ്ര്യം

Bahasa Melayu kemiskinan

Malti faqar

မြန်မာဘာသာ ဆင်းရဲခြင်း

Nederlands armoede

Polski bieda bryndza golizna mitręga nędza niedostatek pataractwo ubóstwo

Português pobreza

Română mizerie paupertate sărăcie

Русский бедность беднота недостаток нехватка нищета нужда ску́дность

Slovenčina chudoba nedostatok

Shqip varfëri

Српски bijeda golotinja mišar oskudica siromaštvo sirotinja биједа голотиња неимаштина нужда оскудица сиромаштво сиротиња

Svenska armod fattigdom misär

Kiswahili ufukara umaskini

தமிழ் வறுமை

తెలుగు పేదరికం బీదరికం

ไทย ความจน ความยากจน

Tagalog karukhaan

Türkçe fakirlik fakr sefalet yokluk yoksulluk

Українська бі́дність біднота́ зли́дні убо́зтво

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

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

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