Poor in spanish
pronunciation: poʊbɹ̩e part of speech: adjective
poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.] = malo, pobre, deficiente, escaso. [Pincha en o en para ver otros adjetivos cuyo grados comparativos y superlativos se formas añadiendo "-er" o "-est" (o sus variantes "-r" o "-st") al final]
Example: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).more:
» be information poor = tener poca información.
Example: Generally speaking, developing countries are information poor.» be poor defensively = ser malo defendiendo, ser malo en defensa, tener una defensa mala.
Example: We are poor defensively, we don't create enough chances and we don't score enough goals.» come in + a poor second = quedar en segundo plano.
Example: If the library is not to come in a poor second to such 'basic' or 'essential' services as police and garbage collection, the library's services must also be regarded as 'essential'.» have + poor connections with = tener malas conexiones con, estar mal comunicado con.
Example: However, many airports still have poor connections with their metropolitan areas because of congestion.» have + poor eyesight = tener mala vista, no ver bien.
Example: Snakes have infamously poor eyesight, which is why they resort to sticking out their tongues all the time to get a sense of their surroundings.» have + poor hearing = no oír muy bien.
Example: Lop-eared rabbits also have good hearing but do not do as well in the wild as rabbits with erect ears.» in a poor state of repair = en mal estado de conservación.
Example: They have had to close the nursery because it is in a poor state of repair.» info-poor = pobre en información.
Example: Unless the uneconomic sharing of all kinds of information becomes commonplace it will become impossible for inhabitants of info-rich and info-poor countries to communicate or transact with each other using the same assumptions.» information-poor, the = pobres en información, los. [Expresión usada para referirse a las personas que carecen de los medios económicos o de otro tipo, tal como bibliotecas, para acceder a la información]
Example: One likely effect of this would be that the information-rich would become richer and the information-poor poorer, a state of affairs which many would consider highly undesirable.» in poor condition = en malas condiciones, en mal estado.
Example: They use gritters to sprinkle rock salt on roads and snowploughs to ensure motorists are able to drive safely in poor conditions.» in poor shape = en malas condiciones, en mal estado.
Example: But he said that many of the properties appeared to be in poor shape, and many were vacant.» make + poor + Nombre = ser malo.
Example: Some authors make good and others poor authors.» nutrient-poor = pobre en nutrientes.
Example: Essentially the average American diet is calorie rich and nutrient poor.» of poor quality = de deficiente calidad.
Example: What's worse, the office supplies peddled by these bogus firms often are overpriced and of poor quality.» poor-ability = con pocas habilidades, poco diestro, poco hábil.
Example: The author evaluates the effectiveness of 'sidenotes' designed to improve reading comprehension and foster self-independence among poor-ability readers.» poor communication = falta de comunicación, escasa comunicación.
Example: There are also language differences and poor communication.» poor eyesight = mala vista, problemas con la vista.
Example: Elderly users of libraries encounter problems of unfamiliarity with the library set up, poor eyesight and poor hearing.» poor fellow = pobre hombre.
Example: The space man, poor fellow, has presumably wandered up and somehow indicated that his UFO has conked out.» poor grammar = gramática con errores.
Example: Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.» poor health = enfermo, mala salud, débil de salud, enfermizo, mal estado de salud.
Example: Much of his later life he lived in reclusion, loneliness, poor health, and despair.» poor hearing = mal oído, problemas de oído.
Example: Elderly users of libraries encounter problems of unfamiliarity with the library set up, poor eyesight and poor hearing.» poorhouse = albergue para indigentes.
Example: The article 'The public library - paperback palace or poorhouse?' discusses the factors which have caused South African public libraries to review their paperback purchasing policies.» poor housing = vivienda poco digna, vivienda mal acondicionada.
Example: Poor housing conditions include many things, such as leaking pipes, damp, dangerous electrical wiring, disconnected power or water supplies and other.» poor in detail = de baja calidad.
Example: This process is slow and the resulting picture is poor in detail.» poor lighting = poca iluminación.
Example: In the home, the risk factors include poor lighting, loose rugs, slippery or uneven surfaces and stairways or steps without banisters or guard rails.» poor loser = mal perdedor.
Example: In petty things he tended to be a poor loser; a defeat in a tennis game tended to put his nose out of joint.» poor (old) + Nombre = el pobre (y viejo) + Nombre.
Example: Sometimes it seems to me as if poor old Europe were under sentence of death, and as if she had reached her zenith and will from now on slowly decline.» poor performance = bajo rendimiento, pobre rendimiento, rendimiento pobre.
Example: Poor performance is an issue that worries managers and employees alike.» poor-quality = de deficiente calidad, de mala calidad.
Example: Not all paper was watermarked, especially during the later hand-press period when much poor-quality printing paper was made without any marks.» poor relation = pariente pobre, cenicienta.
Example: For some reason, there is a tendency for public libraries to become the poor relations of the library world.» poor sleeper = persona que duerme mal.
Example: Only the parent of the poor sleeper can understand what it feels like to have less than eight hours of sleep for three solid years.» poor soil = mala tierra, tierra mala.
Example: Some purists feel that a rock garden should contain only those plants which grow naturally on rocky slopes in poor soil.» poor speller = persona con mala ortografía.
Example: The article 'Spelling checkers, spelling correctors and the misspellings of poor spellers' analyses a large corpus of spelling errors to assess how great a challenge such errors present for automatic checking and correction.» poor thing, (the) = pobrecito, (the).
Example: My little 2 yr old nephew came out in spots today and is itching like mad the poor thing.» poor thing, (the) = pobrecito, (the).
Example: My little 2 yr old nephew came out in spots today and is itching like mad the poor thing.» resource-poor = pobre en recursos.
Example: The author discusses how the reference services of resource-poor libraries in developing countries can be improved.» technical poor, the = pobres en tecnología, los. [Personas que no poseen los conocimientos básicos en las nuevas tecnologías]
Example: Research indicates that public libraries are vital in diminishing the information gap between the technical elite and the technical poor = La investigación existente nos indica que las bibliotecas públicas son muy importantes para reducir las diferencias en información entre los que poseen los conocimientos básicos en las nuevas tecnologías y los que no.» the poor = los pobres, la gente pobre. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: As a consequence of their lack of contact with the problems of the poor, solicitors are often less familiar with the problems of the deprived.» the poorest + Nombre = los peores + Nombre, los más pobres + Nombre.
Example: The notice could contain the list of the poorest performers, based on the most recent set of appraisals.