privación

Definitions of privación
  1. noun
    act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
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    types:
    empobrecimiento
    the act of making someone poor
  2. noun
    the disadvantage that results from losing something
    synonyms: pérdida
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    type of:
    desventaja
    the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
  3. noun
    a state of extreme poverty
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    type of:
    desabrigo, empobrecimiento, inopia, pobretería, pobreza
    the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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