pobres

/ˈpobɾes/, [ˈpo.β̞ɾes]

poor


Examples
  • Me molesta que tus amigos sean pobres.

    I'm concerned that your friends are poor.

  • Le pidió que no renunciara al trabajo porque eran pobres y necesitaban el dinero.

    She asked him to not quit his job because they were poor and needed the money.

  • Los pobres chicos temblaban de miedo.

    The poor boys were shivering with fear.

  • Cuando doy comida a los pobres, me llaman santo. Cuando pregunto por qué los pobres no tienen nada de comer, me llaman comunista.

    When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

  • Debemos proveer comida y ropa para los pobres.

    We must provide food and clothes for the poor.

  • Dona tu dinero a los pobres y tendrás tesoro en el cielo.

    Donate your money to the poor and you'll have treasure in heaven.

  • ¡Pobres de los vencidos!

    Woe to the vanquished.

  • Esta ley beneficiará a los pobres.

    This law will benefit the poor.

  • Toda guerra es un conflicto de intereses donde los pobres son los más afectados.

    Any war is a conflict of interests where the most affected are the poor.

  • Aunque eran pobres, criaron a siete hijos.

    Though they were poor, they brought up seven children.

  • En otro tiempo, en ese pueblo había agricultores pobres.

    In another time, there were poor farmers in that village.

  • ¡Cuántas desgracias han sufrido estos pobres niños!

    How many misfortunes these poor children have suffered!

  • Sus padres eran terriblemente pobres y no pudieron enviar a su hijo a la universidad.

    His parents were too poor to send their son to college.

  • Un programa económico como ese va a ayudar a los ricos a costa de los pobres.

    Such an economic program will help the rich at the expense of the poor.

  • Los padres de Lincoln fueron pobres toda la vida.

    Lincoln's parents remained poor all their lives.

  • Muchos estudiantes pobres reciben becas.

    Many poor students are given bursaries.

  • Es mucho mejor atreverse a cosas grandes, a ganar gloriosos triunfos aún si son accidentados por el fracaso, que estar entre esos pobres espíritus que viven en la penumbra gris ajena de la victoria o la derrota.

    Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

  • Ellas ayudarán a los pobres

    They will help the poor.


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