pobreza
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See also: pobrêza
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pobreza, from pobre (“poor”) + -eza (“-ness; -ity”), from Latin pauper (“poor”), from *pavo-pars (“getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *pau- (“smallness”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: po‧bre‧za
Noun
pobreza f (plural pobrezas)
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pobreza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pobreza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pobreza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pobreza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pobreza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
- “pobreza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pobreza, from pobre (“poor”) + -eza (“-ness; -ity”), from Latin pauper (“poor”), from *pavo-pars (“getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *pau- (“smallness”). By surface analysis, pobre + -eza.
Pronunciation
Noun
pobreza f (plural pobrezas)
- (uncountable) poverty (quality or state of being poor)
- Synonyms: amargura, miséria, indigência, penúria, sofrimento
- Antonyms: abastança, fartura, fortuna, opulência, riqueza
- a lack; a deficiency
- Synonyms: carência, deficiência, escassez, falta
- Antonyms: abundância, excesso
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “pobreza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /poˈbɾeθa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /poˈbɾesa/
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eθa
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: po‧bre‧za
Noun
pobreza f (plural pobrezas)
Further reading
- “pobreza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10