Beggar in spanish

Mendigo

pronunciation: mendigoʊ part of speech: noun
In gestures

beggar1 = mendigo. 

Example: These works presents a picture of China filled with devastation, turbulence, bandits, beggars and poverty.

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» beggars can't be choosers = a falta de pan, buenas son tortas; a buena hambre no hay pan duro; a caballo relagado no le mires el diente.

Example: I'll take any love you think you can spare -- beggars can't be choosers.

» beggars can't be choosy = a falta de pan, buenas son tortas; a buena hambre no hay pan duro; a caballo relagado no le mires el diente.

Example: They aren't exactly cheap nor are they exactly what I have been looking for but as they say beggars can't be choosy.

» lucky beggar! = ¡qué chorra!, ¡qué potra!, ¡qué suerte!, tío con suerte, tipo con suerte.

Example: I'm just one of the lucky beggars who survived -- partially deaf and almost blind.

beggar2 = empobrecer, arruinar, pauperizar. 

Example: But other military officers conceded a war would serve little purpose other than to beggar the two already impoverished nations.

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» beggar + belief = parecer increíble, ser increíble, resultar increíble, no poderse creer, ser muy difícil de creer, ser inimaginable.

Example: It beggars belief that the liberals view the golly as a racist artefact of unenlightened times.

» beggar + description = ser indescriptible, resultar indescriptible, no haber palabras para describirlo, ser muy difícil de describir, ser de difícil descripción.

Example: Barkly declared that the contention between coloureds and whites was so intense in some instances as to beggar description.

» beggar + explanation = ser muy difícil de explicar, ser de difícil explicación, ser inexplicable.

Example: Those are the drivers who do things that beggar explanation or, at least, require an explanation that defies all logic.

» beggar + imagination = ser inimaginable.

Example: What the customers in the queue behind would say beggars imagination.

Beggar synonyms

mendicant in spanish: mendicante, pronunciation: mendɪkənt part of speech: noun pauperize in spanish: empobrecer, pronunciation: pɔpɜraɪz part of speech: verb
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