Poverty, lack, scarcity - Pobreza (The 1937th Most Common Spanish Word)

The Spanish translation for Poverty, lack, scarcity is Pobreza. It can be used as noun. It is the 1937th most commonly used word in Spanish, classified as a B1 word. This word often comes up when talking about society, numbers & quantity. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Our app contains over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common Spanish words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

English: poverty, lack, scarcity

Spanish: pobreza

Examples


Many diseases result from poverty.	Muchas enfermedades son consecuencia de la pobreza.
Rye was called the grain of poverty.	El centeno fue llamado el grano de la pobreza.
Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice and poverty.	Las minorías étnicas combaten contra el prejuicio y la pobreza.
Crime has often been related to poverty.	El crimen ha estado frecuentemente relacionado con la pobreza.
Poverty drove him to steal.	La pobreza lo hizo robar.
They live in poverty.	Ellos viven en la pobreza.
Tom grew up in poverty.	Tom creció en la pobreza.
He attributes his poverty to bad luck.	Él atribuye su pobreza a la mala suerte.

Poverty is the mother of all vices.	La pobreza es la madre de todos los vicios.
Poverty is the root of all evil.	La pobreza es la raíz de todo mal.
Algeria needs to fight poverty.	Argelia necesita luchar contra la pobreza.
Algeria needs to eliminate abject poverty.	Argelia necesita erradicar la pobreza extrema.
Poverty reduction has stagnated since the late 1990s.	La disminución de la pobreza lleva estancada desde finales de los noventa.
Poverty is no disgrace.	La pobreza no es una deshonra.
Poverty shouldn't exist.	La pobreza no debería existir.
I'd rather live in peaceful poverty than in wealth and fear.	Prefiero vivir en la pobreza pero en paz que en la riqueza pero con miedo.
Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.	Las minorías étnicas luchan contra el prejuicio, la pobreza y la opresión.
Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty and so on.	Las minorías étnicas luchan contra la discriminación, la pobreza, etc.
Sadly, this ideology still functions very well, ashamed for their poverty.	Tristemente, esta ideología todavía funciona muy bien vergüenza de su pobreza.
Over 80 per cent of the population lives in poverty.	Más del 80% de la población vive en la pobreza.
Nonetheless, many countries continue to experience high levels of poverty.	No obstante, muchos países siguen experimentando altos niveles de pobreza.