pobreza

See also: pobrêza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pobreza, from pobre (“poor”) + -eza (“-ness; -ity”), from Latin pauper (“poor”), from *pavo-pars (“getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *pau- (“smallness”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈbɾeθa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /poˈbɾeθa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /poˈbɾesa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -eθa

• Rhymes: -eθa
• Rhymes: -esa

• Hyphenation: po‧bre‧za

Noun

pobreza f (plural pobrezas)

1. poverty

   Synonym: miseria

   Antonym: riqueza

Related terms

• pobre

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pobreza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pobreza”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pobreza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pobreza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pobreza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “pobreza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pobrêza (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pobreza, from pobre (“poor”) + -eza (“-ness; -ity”), from Latin pauper (“poor”), from *pavo-pars (“getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *pau- (“smallness”). By surface analysis, pobre +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈbɾe.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈbɾe.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈbɾe.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈbɾe.zɐ/ [puˈβɾe.zɐ]

• Hyphenation: po‧bre‧za

• Audio (Brazil):

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Noun

pobreza f (plural pobrezas)

1. (uncountable) poverty (quality or state of being poor)

   Synonyms: amargura, miséria, indigência, penúria, sofrimento

   Antonyms: abastança, fartura, fortuna, opulência, riqueza

2. a lack; a deficiency

   Synonyms: carência, deficiência, escassez, falta

   Antonyms: abundância, excesso

Derived terms

• pobreza extrema

Related terms

• paupérrimo
• pobre
• pobretão

Further reading

• “pobreza”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pobreza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From pobre +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈbɾeθa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /poˈbɾesa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: po‧bre‧za

Noun

pobreza f (plural pobrezas)

1. poverty

   Synonym: (dated) pobredad

   Antonym: riqueza

Further reading

• “pobreza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025