Borrowed fromSpanishpobre.

• IPA^(key):/ˈpobɾe/ [ˈpo.bɾe]
• Hyphenation:po‧bre

póbre (intensifiedpobrehon,Basahan spellingᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜍᜒ)

1. poor;impoverished

   Synonym:mahidap

   Antonym:mayaman

   Pobre sana kami.

   We're justpoor

Inherited fromOld Catalanpobre, fromLatinpauper, fromProto-Indo-European*peh₂w-(“few, small”). CompareOccitanpaure~paubre,Frenchpauvre,Spanishpobre.

• IPA^(key):(Central)[ˈpɔ.βɾə]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[ˈpɔ.bɾə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈpɔ.bɾe]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:po‧bre

pobre (femininepobra,masculine and feminine pluralpobres)

1. poor(lacking resources)
2. poor(lamentable)

• “pobre” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pobre”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025.
• “pobre” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pobre” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• probe(vulgar)

Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesepobre, fromLatinpauper, pauperem. Cognate withSicilianpòviru.

• IPA^(key):/ˈpɔbɾe/[ˈpɔ.β̞ɾɪ]
• Rhymes:-ɔbɾe
• Hyphenation:po‧bre

pobre m orf (pluralpobres)

1. poor

   Antonym:rico

2. scanty

   Synonym:escaso

3. unfortunate

   Synonym:desafortunado

• (superlative):paupérrimo
• pobreza

pobre m orfby sense (pluralpobres)

1. poorperson

   Antonym:rico

• (diminutive):pobriño
• (augmentative):pobretón

pobre!

1. poor thing!

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pobre”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pobre”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pobre”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pobre”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pobre”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Borrowed fromSpanishpobre.

pobre

1. poor

pobre

1. abeggar; amendicant

FromOld Galician-Portuguesepobre,poubre, fromLatinpauperem, fromProto-Indo-European*peh₂w-(“few, small”).

• Hyphenation:po‧bre

pobre m orf (pluralpobres,comparable,comparativemaispobre,superlativeomaispobreorpobríssimoorpaupérrimo)

1. poor

   Antonym:rico

• This adjective belongs to a group of Portuguese adjectives whose position relative to a noun changes depending on its meaning. When positionedbefore the noun, it is used to describe the state of being pitiable (e.g.,Um pobre menino!), whereas when positionedafter the noun (like most Portuguese adjectives), it refers to the lack of resources (e.g.,Um menino muito pobre, sem dinheiro para comprar comida.).

• pobremente
• pobrezinho

pobre m orfby sense (pluralpobres)

1. poor

• pobreza
• pobretão
• pé-de-barro

• “pobre”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2025

• probe(nonstandard)

Inherited fromOld Spanishpobre, fromLatinpauperem, fromProto-Indo-European*peh₂w-(“few, small”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈpobɾe/[ˈpo.β̞ɾe]

• Audio(Colombia):

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• Rhymes:-obɾe
• Syllabification:po‧bre

pobre m orf (masculine and feminine pluralpobres,superlativepaupérrimoorpobrísimo)

1. (before the noun)poor(pitiable,pitiful)

   Mipobre vecino siempre está llorando.

   Mypoor neighbor is always crying.

   • 2013, El sueño el Morfeo,Vuelve (a donde has venido):

     El pasado ya es pasado, no tienes que pedir perdón. Solo déjanos tranquilos a mí y a mipobre corazón.

     The past is the past, you don't have to ask forgiveness. Just leave us alone, me and mypoor heart.

2. (after the noun)poor(lacking money, resources, etc.)

   Se relajan las familias ricas en casas lujosas y las familiaspobres tiran en chozas desmoronadas.

   The rich families relax in luxurious houses and thepoor families get by in dilapidated huts.

• rico

• (superlative)paupérrimo,pobrísimo
• (diminutive)pobrecito,pobrecillo
• (augmentative)pobretón
• empobrecer
• pobrete
• pobrezafilia
• pobredad(dated)
• pobremente
• pobretería
• pobreza
• poco

• → Bikol Central:pobre
• → Hiligaynon:pobre
• → Tagalog:pobre,pulubi

• “pobre”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Borrowed fromSpanishpobre, fromLatinpauper.Doublet ofpulubi.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈpobɾe/[ˈpoː.bɾɛ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-obɾe
• Syllabification:po‧bre

pobre (Baybayin spellingᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. poor

   Synonyms:mahirap,maralita

pobre (Baybayin spellingᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. abeggar; amendicant

   Synonym:dukha

• “pobre”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018