pobre

Definitions of pobre
  1. noun
    someone you feel sorry for
    synonyms: descamisado, desdichado, desgraciado, infeliz, pelado, pelagatos, petate, pringado
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    type of:
    víctima
    an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
  2. noun
    a person with few or no possessions
    synonyms: marginado
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    examples:
    Lázaro
    the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar
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    descamisado
    a person who is destitute
    indigente, pelado, pobretón
    a person who is very poor
    barco pesquero, bribón, gitano, golondrino, maleante, polizón, trainera, trotamundos, vagabundo, vago
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    mendicante, mendigo
    a pauper who lives by begging
    derrelicto
    a person without a home, job, or property
    muerto de hambre
    someone who is starving (or being starved)
    atorrante, polizón, vagabundo, vago
    a disreputable vagrant
    type of:
    desdichado, desgraciado, desventurado
    a person who suffers misfortune
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