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miserable

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adjectivefemininemasculine
  1. miserable
  2. poor
  3. greedy, stingy

Forms

adjective

masculine singularmiserable
feminine masculine pluralmiserables

Used in the library

  • Un agosto miserable para el turismo y bueno para el agua.A miserable August for tourism and a good one for the water.B1Otra vez, por favor (16) — Once more, please (16) (B1)
  • Un febrero miserable y un junio perfecto: así es el año.A miserable February and a perfect June: that's the year.B1Otra vez, por favor (2) — Once more, please (2) (B1)
  • Un enero miserable y una primavera perfecta: el año de siempre.A miserable January and a perfect spring: the usual year.B1Otra vez, por favor (9) — Once more, please (9) (B1)
  • Era una protesta: el Estado enviaba a los gauchos por la fuerza a la frontera, a pelear contra los indios en fortines miserables, mientras sus ranchos y sus familias se deshacían.It was a protest: the state was sending the gauchos by force to the frontier, to fight the Indians in wretched forts, while their homesteads and families fell apart.C1Martín Fierro

Other ways to say it

  • avariciosoavaricious, greedy
  • codiciosogreedy, covetous
  • mezquinomiserly, mean, stingy; petty, small-minded
  • pobrepoor (lacking money, resources, etc.); poor (pitiable, pitiful)

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