miseria



Inflexiones de 'miseria' (nf): fpl: miserias
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Principal Translations
SpanishEnglish
miseria nf (pobreza, penuria)poverty, destitution n
  misery, squalor n
 Perdió toda su fortuna, ahora vive en la miseria.
 He lost all of his fortune, now he lives in poverty (or: destitution).
miseria nf (infortunio, desgracia)misery, misfortune n
 Cuánta miseria se ha desatado en el mundo, la desigualdad social es cada vez más marcada.
 So much misery (or: misfortune) has been let loose in the world; social inequality is becoming increasingly evident.
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Additional Translations
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miseria nf coloquial (cosa: cantidad mínima)pittance n
  paltry amount, tiny amount n
  next to nothing expr
 Solicité su ayuda y me dio una miseria, me arrojó sus migajas.
 I asked for his help and he gave me pittance; he threw his leftovers at me.
miseria nf (tacañería, mezquindad)meanness, miserliness, stinginess n
  tight-fistedness n
 Scrooge enarbolaba la bandera de la miseria.
 Scrooge was the epitome of meanness (or: miserliness).
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Compound Forms:
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a la miseria loc adj AR, BO, CL: coloquial (objeto: en pésimas condiciones)in a sorry state adj
  shabby adj
  (building)dilapidated adj
hundir en la miseria loc verb (empobrecer, arruinar)destroy⇒, ruin⇒ vtr
hundir en la miseria loc verb (deprimir, entristecer)make despondent vtr + adj
  (crying)reduce to tears v expr
  (formal)cast gloom upon, cast a pall upon v expr
hundirse en la miseria loc verb (empobrecerse, arruinarse)be ruined vi + adj
hundirse en la miseria loc verb (deprimirse, entristecerse)sink into despair v expr
  be in depths of despair v expr
  wallow in misery v expr
 Natalia se hundió en la miseria cuando su marido murió en un accidente.
miseria humana nf + adj literario (pobreza moral) (of character)human wretchedness n
  human weakness n
 El altercado entre los candidatos dejó ver la miseria humana de quienes quieren gobernarnos.
 The argument among candidates highlighted the human wretchedness of those who want to govern the country.
miseria humana nf + adj literario (pobreza material)human poverty n
 Cuando Ana visitó los barrios marginales, se sintió conmovida por aquella miseria humana.
 When Ana visited the marginal neighbourhoods, she was moved by the human poverty she witnessed.
villa miseria nf Argentina (barrio de chabolas)shanty town, shantytown n
  slum n
  slum dwelling n
 Se criaron en una villa miseria de la ciudad de Córdoba.
 They grew up in a shanty town in the city of Cordoba.
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'miseria' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the Spanish description:
chilla - indigencia - inopia - laceria - pauperismo - sacar de la pobreza - sordidez
English:
gutter - misery - pittance - squalor - titch - destitution - penury - poverty - wretchedness - beggary - need - a mess of pottage - chicken feed - down-and-out - in shreds - live in poverty - on your knees - pennies on the dollar - shantytown - snow over


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