poor

poor
puə
1. adjective
1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) pobre
2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) malo; escaso
3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) pobre
- poorly
2. adjective
(ill: He is very poorly.) pachucho, malo, indispuesto
poor adj pobre
the poor countries need our help los países pobres necesitan nuestra ayuda
poor
tr[pʊəSMALLr/SMALL]
adjective
1 (person, family, country) pobre
2 (inadequate) pobre, escaso,-a; (bad quality) malo,-a; (inferior) inferior
you've got a poor memory tienes mala memoria
he's in poor health está mal de salud
that joke was in poor taste ese chiste era de mal gusto
she's a poor judge of character no sabe juzgar a las personas
they took a poor view of my decision vieron mi decisión con malos ojos
3 (unfortunate) pobre
poor Edward el pobre Edward
you poor thing! ¡pobrecito!
plural noun the poor
1 los pobres nombre masculino plural
poor ['pʊr, 'por] adj
1) : pobre
poor people: los pobres
2) scanty: pobre, escaso
poor attendance: baja asistencia
3) unfortunate: pobre
poor thing!: ¡pobrecito!
4) bad: malo
to be in poor health: estar mal de salud
poor
adj.
aporreado, -a adj.
arrancado, -a adj.
arrastrado, -a adj.
descamisado, -a adj.
malo, -a adj.
mezquino, -a adj.
necesitado, -a adj.
pobre adj.
pobrete adj.

I pɔːr, pɔːr, pʊə(r)
adjective -er, -est
1) (not wealthy) pobre

spiritually poor — pobre de espíritu

sparkling wine is the poor man's champagne — el vino espumoso es el champán de los pobres

2) (unsatisfactory, bad) <harvest> pobre, escaso; <diet/quality> malo; <imitation> burdo

she's a poor golfer — es una jugadora de golf bastante floja or mala

theory is a poor substitute for experience — la teoría no puede reemplazar a la experiencia

to be in very poor health — estar* muy delicado or muy mal de salud

3) (unfortunate) (before n) pobre

poor old Charles got soaked — el pobre Charles se empapó

you poor thing! — pobrecito!


II
plural noun

the poor — los pobres

[pʊǝ(r)]
1. ADJ
(compar poorer) (superl poorest)
1) (=not rich) [person, family, country] pobre

a poor woman — una mujer pobre

a poor man — un pobre

poor people — gente f pobre, personas fpl pobres

pewter was the poor man's silver — el peltre era la plata de los pobres

they thought that cinema was a or the poor relation of theatre — pensaban que el cine era el pariente pobre del teatro

to be the poorer (for sth), the nation is the poorer for her death — la nación ha sufrido una gran pérdida con su muerte

it left me £5 the poorer — me dejó con 5 libras de menos

- be as poor as a church mouse
2) (=inferior, bad) [goods, service] malo, de mala calidad

the wine was poor — el vino era malo or de mala calidad

Britain's poor economic performance — el bajo rendimiento económico obtenido por Gran Bretaña

she has a very poor attendance record — su expediente es muy malo en lo que a asistencia se refiere

they had made a poor job of it — habían hecho una chapuza *

to be a poor imitation of sth — ser una burda or pobre imitación de algo

his decision shows poor judgment — su decisión denota poco juicio

to have a poor opinion of sb — tener un concepto poco favorable de algn

to come a poor second (to sth/sb), he came a poor second in the final race — quedó el segundo en la carrera final, a bastante distancia del primero

his family comes a poor second to his career — su familia queda relegada a segundo lugar tras su carrera

3) (=deficient) [memory] malo; [soil] pobre, estéril; [harvest] pobre, escaso

I had a poor education — la educación que recibí no fue muy buena

many people eat a poor diet — mucha gente tiene una dieta pobre

poor — (Scol) (as mark) deficiente

soils that are poor in zinc — suelos que son pobres en zinc or que tienen bajo contenido en zinc

4) (=untalented)

he was a poor actor — era un actor flojo

I'm a poor traveller — lo de viajar no lo llevo muy bien

she was a very poor swimmer — no era buena nadadora

to be poor at maths — no ser muy bueno en matemáticas

we are poor at marketing ourselves — no somos muy buenos a la hora de darnos publicidad

5) (=unfortunate) pobre

the poor child was hungry — el pobre niño tenía hambre

poor little thing! — ¡pobrecito!, ¡pobre criaturita!

poor (old) you!, you poor (old) thing! — ¡pobrecito!

poor Mary's lost all her money — la pobre María ha perdido todo su dinero

he's very ill, poor chap — está grave el pobre

a poor little rich girl — una pobre niña rica

devil 1., 2)
2.
NPL

the poor — los pobres

the rural/urban poor — los pobres de las zonas rurales/urbanas

3.
CPD

poor box N — cepillo m de las limosnas

poor law N — (Hist) ley f de asistencia pública

poor white N(US) persona pobre de raza blanca

relief 1., 4) POOR
Position of "pobre"
You should generally put pobre {after} the noun when you mean poor in the sense of "not rich" and {before} the noun in the sense of "unfortunate":
It's a poor area Es una región pobre
The poor boy was trembling El pobre chico estaba temblando For further uses and examples, see main entry
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I [pɔːr, pɔːr, pʊə(r)]
adjective -er, -est
1) (not wealthy) pobre

spiritually poor — pobre de espíritu

sparkling wine is the poor man's champagne — el vino espumoso es el champán de los pobres

2) (unsatisfactory, bad) <harvest> pobre, escaso; <diet/quality> malo; <imitation> burdo

she's a poor golfer — es una jugadora de golf bastante floja or mala

theory is a poor substitute for experience — la teoría no puede reemplazar a la experiencia

to be in very poor health — estar* muy delicado or muy mal de salud

3) (unfortunate) (before n) pobre

poor old Charles got soaked — el pobre Charles se empapó

you poor thing! — pobrecito!


II
plural noun

the poor — los pobres


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