pobre

Borrowed from Spanish pobre.

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

póbre (intensified pobrehon, Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜍᜒ)

1. poor; impoverished

   Synonym: mahidap

   Antonym: mayaman

   Pobre sana kami.

   We're just poor

Inherited from Old Catalan pobre, from Latin pauper, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Compare Occitan paure~paubre, French pauvre, Spanish pobre.

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

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• Hyphenation: po‧bre

pobre (feminine pobra, masculine and feminine plural pobres)

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

• “pobre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pobre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “pobre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pobre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• probe (vulgar)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pobre, from Latin pauper, pauperem. Cognate with Sicilian pòviru.

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

pobre m or f (plural pobres)

1. poor

   Antonym: rico

2. scanty

   Synonym: escaso

3. unfortunate

   Synonym: desafortunado

• (superlative): paupérrimo
• pobreza

pobre m or f by sense (plural pobres)

1. poor person

   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”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pobre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pobre”, in Dicionario 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”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pobre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Spanish pobre.

pobre

1. poor

pobre

1. a beggar; a mendicant

From Old Galician-Portuguese pobre, poubre, from Latin pauperem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”).

• Hyphenation: po‧bre

pobre m or f (plural pobres, comparable, comparative mais pobre, superlative o mais pobre or pobríssimo or paupérrimo)

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 positioned before the noun, it is used to describe the state of being pitiable (e.g., Um pobre menino!), whereas when positioned after 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 or f by sense (plural pobres)

1. poor

• pobreza
• pobretão
• pé-de-barro

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

• probe (nonstandard)

Inherited from Old Spanish pobre, from Latin pauperem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Compare English pauper.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpobɾe/ [ˈpo.β̞ɾe]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -obɾe
• Syllabification: po‧bre

pobre m or f (masculine and feminine plural pobres, superlative paupérrimo or pobrísimo)

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

   Mi pobre vecino siempre está llorando.

   My poor 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 mi pobre corazón.

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

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

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

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

• rico

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

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

Borrowed from Spanish pobre, from Latin pauper. Doublet of pulubi.

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

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• Rhymes: -obɾe
• Syllabification: po‧bre

pobre (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. poor

   Synonyms: mahirap, maralita

pobre (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. beggar; mendicant

   Synonym: dukha

• “pobre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018