poor
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The meaning (definition) of the word poor
not having enough money or things
The word poor used in a sentence
“I read about a poor farmer who had only one cow.”
Words that mean the opposite of poor (antonyms)
rich
How the word poor is said around the world
| French | pauvre (pohv) |
| Spanish | pobre (POH-bray) |
| Mandarin | 贫穷的 (peen chyohng duh) |
| Hindi | गरीब (gah-REEB) |
| Arabic | فَقِير (fa-KEER) |
| Russian | бедный (BYED-niy) |
| Portuguese (EU) | pobre (PAW-bruh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | pobre (POH-bree) |
| Japanese | まずしい (mah-zoo-SHEE-ee) |
| German | arm (ahrm) |
| Urdu | غریب (guh-REEB) |
| Punjabi | ਗਰੀਬ (ga-REEB) |
| Korean | 가난한 (gah-nahn-HAHN) |
| Hebrew | עָנִי (ah-NEE) |
| Greek | φτωχός (ftoh-KHOHS) |
| Dutch | arm (ahrm) |
| Tagalog | mahirap (mah-HEE-rahp) |
| Vietnamese | nghèo (ngeh-ow) |
| Turkish | fakir (fah-KEER) |
| Persian | فقیر (fah-GHEER) |
| Polish | biedny (BYED-nih) |
| Ukrainian | бідний (BEED-nihy) |
| Bengali | গরিব (GO-reeb) |
| Swedish | fattig (FAHT-tig) |
| Italian | povero (POH-veh-roh) |
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