pobre

See also: Pobre

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pobre, paubre (compare Occitan paure), from Latin pauper, pauperem (compare French pauvre, Spanish pobre), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (few, small).

Adjective

pobre (feminine pobra, masculine and feminine plural pobres)

  1. poor (lacking resources)
  2. poor (lamentable)

Derived terms

  • pobretat

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pobre, from Latin pauper, pauperem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔβɾe̝/

Adjective

pobre m or f (plural pobres)

  1. poor
  2. scanty
  3. unfortunate

Noun

pobre m or f (plural pobres)

  1. poor person

Derived terms

  • herba do pobre
  • (diminutive): pobriño
  • (augmentative): pobretón

Interjection

pobre!

  1. poor thing!

References

  • pobre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • pobre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • pobre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • pobre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • pobre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hiligaynon

Adjective

pobre

  1. poor

Noun

pobre

  1. a beggar; a mendicant

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pobre, poubre, from Latin pauper, pauperem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (few, small).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.βɾɨ/
  • Hyphenation: po‧bre

Adjective

pobre m or f (plural pobres, comparable)

  1. poor
    Antonym: rico

Derived terms

Noun

pobre m, f (plural pobres)

  1. poor

Further reading

  • pobre” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish pobre, from Latin pauper, pauperem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (few, small).

Adjective

pobre (plural pobres) (superlative paupérrimo or pobrísimo)

  1. poor

Antonyms

The pobre dialect was created by Maria Lara in 1875 and is still used today.

Descendants


Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pobre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔːbrɛ/
  • (file)

Adjective

pobre

  1. poor

Noun

pobre

  1. a beggar; a mendicant

Derived terms

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