pobreza

/poˈbɾeθa/, [poˈβ̞ɾe.θa]

poverty

Examples

Él atribuye su pobreza a la mala suerte.

He attributes his poverty to bad luck.

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El crimen ha estado frecuentemente relacionado con la pobreza.

Crime has often been related to poverty.

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Ellos viven en la pobreza.

They live in poverty.

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Le da pena la pobreza de su padre.

He is ashamed of his father being poor.

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"Cuando la pobreza entra por la puerta, el amor sale volando por la ventana" es un dicho tan antiguo como es triste.

"When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window" is a saying as old as it is sad.

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La pobreza es la raíz de todo mal.

Poverty is the root of all evil.

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Ella fue una mujer estupenda que permaneció junto a él en la pobreza.

She was an excellent spouse who stood by him through poverty.

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La pobreza con honestidad es preferible a la riqueza obtenida por medios injustos.

Poverty with honesty is preferable to wealth obtained by unfair means.

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Preferiría vivir pacíficamente en la pobreza que atemorizado en la riqueza.

I'd rather live in peaceful poverty than in wealth and fear.

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La pobreza es la madre de todos los vicios.

Poverty is the mother of all vices.

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Prefiero vivir en la pobreza pero en paz que en la riqueza pero con miedo.

I'd rather live in peaceful poverty than in wealth and fear.

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Las minorías étnicas luchan contra el prejuicio, la pobreza y la opresión.

Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.

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La pobreza es, en cierto sentido, una bendición.

Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.

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La pobreza no es un accidente. Como la esclavitud y el apartheid, es un producto del hombre y puede ser erradicado por las acciones de los seres humanos.

Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.

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Dices "pobre", pero hay muchos grados de pobreza.

You say "poor", but there are many degrees of poverty.

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¿Cómo pudo vivir en esa pobreza?

How did he make his living in such poverty?

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La pobreza no es un vicio, eso es muy cierto. Sin embargo, sé también que la embriaguez no es una virtud, y que eso es aún más cierto. Pero la mendicidad, honorable señor, la mendicidad es un vicio.

Poverty is not a vice, that's a true saying. Yet I know too that drunkenness is not a virtue, and that that's even truer. But beggary, honoured sir, beggary is a vice.

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No me avergüenzo de la pobreza de mi padre.

I am not ashamed of my father's poverty.

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Las minorías étnicas luchan contra la discriminación, la pobreza, etc.

Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty and so on.

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Invertir en la educación es sin duda la única manera eficaz de sacar a un país de la pobreza.

Investment in education is undoubtedly the only effective way to bring a country out of poverty.

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