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povertà

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nounfeminine
  1. poverty, indigence, want, penury, lack
  2. bareness

Used in the library

  • Per quattro ore, scrive, "non temo la povertà, non mi sbigottisce la morte".For four hours, he writes, "I do not fear poverty, death does not dismay me".B1La lettera a Vettori — The Letter to Vettori
  • Io credevo di sapere com'era la povertà. Invece ha la faccia di mio cugino, della mia vicina.I thought I knew what poverty looked like. Instead it has my cousin's face, my neighbour's.B1L'emporio solidale — The Community Grocery

Other ways to say it

  • bisognoneed; excrement, faeces
  • indigenzaindigence (extreme poverty); destitution
  • penuriashortage, lack, scarcity, scarceness
  • scarsezzashortage, scarcity, scarceness, lack

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