pobre

poor

Examples

Es pobre, pero feliz.

He is poor, but happy.

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Se acabó para el pobre Tom.

It's all over with poor Tom.

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Dicen que él era muy pobre en su juventud.

He is said to have been very poor when he was young.

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No desprecies al pobre.

Don't look down on the poor.

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Él no sabe lo que es ser pobre.

He doesn't know what it is to be poor.

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Mary no es pobre. Al contrario, es bastante rica.

Mary is not poor. On the contrary, she is quite rich.

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Él era un músico pobre.

He was a poor musician.

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Pobre gato.

Poor cat.

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Soy un carpintero pobre.

I'm a poor carpenter.

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A él no le gustaba ser pobre.

He didn't like being poor.

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¿Quién, siendo amado, es pobre?

Who, being loved, is poor?

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La Madre Teresa empleó esa ayuda monetaria para ayudar a la gente pobre de la India y de todo el mundo.

Mother Teresa used the prize money for her work in India and around the world.

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Era tan pobre, que no podía comprar pan.

He was so poor that he couldn't buy bread.

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Son una familia pobre.

They are a poor family.

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Deja eso ya. Solo estás echando sal en la herida del pobre hombre.

Cut that out. You're just rubbing salt in the poor guy's wounds.

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Soy demasiado pobre para comprar un traje nuevo.

I'm too poor to buy a new suit.

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Él dedicó toda su vida a ayudar a la gente pobre.

He dedicated his whole life to helping poor people.

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Soy pobre y no puedo comprarlo.

I'm poor, and I can't buy it.

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Pobre tonto. Él no puede decir cuando está siendo aprovechado.

Poor sap. He can't tell when he's being taken advantage of.

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Disculpa mi pobre esperanto.

Pardon my poor Esperanto.

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