Povero
ADJECTIVE
Meaning and English translation 🔖
Poor
🇬🇧 It refers to someone lacking sufficient resources to live or to something that indicates or manifests poverty, misery, or a meager condition.
It can also evoke a sense of pity or compassion.
🇮🇹 Si riferisce a qualcuno che manca di risorse sufficienti per vivere, oppure a qualcosa che indica o manifesta povertà, miseria o una condizione di estrema modestia.
Può anche evocare un senso di compassione o pietà.
| Masculine ♂️ | Feminine ♀️ | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Povero | Povera |
| Plural | Poveri | Povere |
Example sentences 💬
Ha sposato un ragazzo povero.
She married a poor boy.
Quella donna povera chiede l'elemosina ogni giorno.
The poor woman begs every day.
I lavoratori poveri lottano per guadagnarsi da vivere.
The poor workers struggle to make a living.
Le famiglie povere del quartiere cercano aiuto.
The poor families in the neighborhood seek help.
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Idioms with povero 🇮🇹
Povero in canna
→ Dirt poor
Si è ritrovato povero in canna e ha dovuto ricominciare da zero.
He ended up dirt poor and had to start from scratch.
Povera gente
→ Poor people
Le ingiustizie colpiscono soprattutto la povera gente.
It’s mostly poor people who get hit by injustice.
Povero me!
→ Woe is me!
Ho dimenticato le chiavi dentro casa… povero me!
I left my keys inside… woe is me!
Where does the word povero come from? 🔎
Povero originates from the Latin "pauper," which is derived from "paucus" (little) and "parere" (to procure, produce). It originally described land that produced little and has come to signify general poverty or scarcity.
