pobreza
See also: pobrêza
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old 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)
- 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 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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈbɾe.za/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈbɾe.zɐ/ [puˈβɾe.zɐ]
Audio (BR) (file) - Hyphenation: po‧bre‧za
Noun
pobreza f (plural pobrezas)
- (uncountable) poverty (quality or state of being poor)
- Synonyms: amargura, miséria, indigência, penúria, sofrimento
- Antonyms: abastança, fartura, fortuna, opulência, riqueza
- 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) (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: po‧bre‧za
Noun
pobreza f (plural pobrezas)
- poverty
- Synonym: (dated) pobredad
- Antonym: riqueza
Further reading
- “pobreza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014