miséria
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- miseria (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin miseria.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]miséria f (plural misérias)
- misery, distress (extreme pain of body or mind)
- misery (extreme poverty)
- misery (calamity, misfortune)
- squalor (filthiness and degradation)
- (informal) pittance, a meager wage or remuneration
- Synonym: mixaria
- Elas ganham uma miséria. ― They earn a pittance.
- (Northeast Brazil, slang, derogatory) wretch (an annoying or despicable person)
- 2025 February 1, Paulo Teixeira, Não Digas o Que a Baiana Tem[1], Leya, →ISBN:
- — Vai, seu pombo sujo.
— Aqui não é seu lugar, miséria fedida.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “miséria”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “miséria”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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