pobreza

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

• IPA^(key): [poˈβɾeθɐ]

Noun

pobreza f (plural pobrezas)

1. poverty

   Synonym: miseria

   Antonym: riqueza

Related terms

• pobre

References

• “pobreza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pobreza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pobreza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pobreza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pobreza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

• “pobreza” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pobrêza (obsolete)

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈbɾe.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈbɾe.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈbɾe.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈbɾe.zɐ/ [puˈβɾe.zɐ]

• Audio (BR)

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• Hyphenation: po‧bre‧za

Noun

pobreza f (plural pobrezas)

1. (uncountable) poverty (quality or state of being poor)

   Synonyms: amargura, miséria, indigência, penúria, sofrimento

   Antonyms: abastança, fartura, fortuna, opulência, riqueza

2. a lack; a deficiency

   Synonyms: carência, deficiência, escassez, falta

   Antonyms: abundância, excesso

Derived terms

• pobreza extrema

Related terms

• paupérrimo
• pobre
• pobretão

Further reading

• “pobreza” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

pobre +‎ -eza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /poˈbɾeθa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /poˈbɾesa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.sa]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: po‧bre‧za

Noun

pobreza f (plural pobrezas)

1. poverty

   Synonym: (dated) pobredad

   Antonym: riqueza

Further reading

• “pobreza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014