Pobreza in english
pronunciation: pɑvɜrti part of speech: noun
pobreza = anaemia [anemia, -USA] ; poverty ; scarcity ; penury ; indigence.
Example: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots = His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.Example: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Example: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Example: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Example: In this context, poverty and indigence will most likely increase moderately, continuing the negative trend begun in 2008.more:
» con un alto nivel de pobreza = poverty-ridden .
Example: A famous psychiatrist and a staff of 15 specialists have set up a clinic locally to treat the sick minds so common in this poverty-ridden community.» de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags .
Example: A riches-to-rags story could be unfolding in Horatio's hometown, where leaders are considering dropping his name from the festival next year.» de la pobreza a la fortuna = rags to riches .
Example: It is an epic story of rags to riches, of a black man's struggle in a white world, of untimely death, and of the tragedy of a mission unfulfilled.» de la pobreza a la riqueza = from rags to riches .
Example: The article 'Computer literacy in the library: from rags to riches' demonstrates how a library can introduce a computer literacy course with a modest commitment of time and resources.» feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty [Tendencia al aumento de la pobreza entre las mujeres] .
Example: One of the widely accepted findings was that the poor were often women, and therefore, the term 'feminization of poverty was coined to describe the relationship between gender and poverty.» hacer voto de pobreza = take + a vow of poverty .
Example: You believed this wholeheartedly, and took a vow of poverty to prove that belief.» índice de pobreza = poverty rate .
Example: A national study of young adults has found that the joblessness rate is positively associated with drug use while the poverty rate is negatively associated with drug use.» luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty .
Example: Some people may not regard librarianship and the transfer of information as any help in fighting poverty or for supporting the economic development in the world.» morir en la pobreza = die in + poverty .
Example: A life long gambler, he ended up dying in poverty in 1762 at the age of 87.» nivel de pobreza = poverty level .
Example: 42% of the 11.3m Spanish-speakers in American are under the age of 18, and 23% live below the poverty level.» pobreza de información = information poverty .
Example: To do this, information services should recognize cultural pluralism and the need to eliminate information poverty.» tasa de pobreza = poverty rate .
Example: A national study of young adults has found that the joblessness rate is positively associated with drug use while the poverty rate is negatively associated with drug use.» trampa de la pobreza = poverty trap [Teoría según la cual el pobre siempre seguirá siéndolo al no disponer de las opurtunidades para salir de la pobreza] .
Example: The poverty trap argument depends on children's work being substitutable for schooling.» umbral de pobreza = poverty line .
Example: A common problem with poverty lines is the assumption that household resources are equitably distributed among members, which is not the case in real-life situations.» vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line .
Example: Wine's feel-good factor makes it easy to forget that too many of the world's grape growers and pickers live on the poverty line.» vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line .
Example: Wine's feel-good factor makes it easy to forget that too many of the world's grape growers and pickers live on the poverty line.» vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery .
Example: He will dwell in the church that is built by martyrs fighting for justice, by children starving of hunger, by mothers and fathers walking the streets of misery.» vivir por debajo del umbral de pobreza = live below/under + the poverty line .
Example: Nearly 36 million rural residents, or 3.8 percent of China's rural population, lived under the poverty line by the end of 2009.» vivir por encima del umbral de pobreza = live above + the poverty line .
Example: Not a single province in Canada pays a minimum wage that permits a full-time worker to live above the poverty line.» voto de pobreza = vow of poverty .
Example: Some religious in addition to the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience make other vows such as special obedience to the Pope.