destitute

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdɛstɪtjuːt/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdɛstɪˌtut, -ˌtjut/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(des′ti to̅o̅t′, -tyo̅o̅t′)


Inflections of 'destitute' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
destitutes
v 3rd person singular
destituting
v pres p
destituted
v past
destituted
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
destitute adj (person: poor, needy)desahuciado adj
  desamparado/a adj
  desposeído adj
 The destitute farmers can barely survive on their meager harvests.
 Los granjeros desahuciados apenas pueden sobrevivir con sus exiguas cosechas.
destitute of [sth] adj + prep (lacking in [sth])desprovisto/a adj
  carente adj mf
  falto/a adj
 After hearing so many sorry excuses, the teacher was destitute of sympathy for his students.
 Después de escuchar tantas excusas y "lo siento", el profesor ya estaba desprovisto de empatía por sus estudiantes.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
destitute circumstances npl (extremely poor and needy)indigencia nf
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'destitute' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
down-and-out - want
Spanish:
miserable - desheredado - arrastrado - indigente - sin recursos


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