povero
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier *popero, from Latin pauper, pauperem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Possibly borrowed from a Gallo-Italic language, where Latin /-p-/ > /v/ is a regular change, unlike in Italian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
povero (feminine povera, masculine plural poveri, feminine plural povere, superlative poverissimo)
- poor (with little or no possessions or money)
- Antonym: ricco
- 1512, Niccolò Machiavelli; Lettera a Francesco Vettori, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Nacqui povero, ed imparai prima a stentare che a godere.
- I was born poor and I learned how to live in hardship sooner than [I learned] how to enjoy.
- poor (to be pitied)
Noun[edit]
povero m (plural poveri, feminine povera)
Derived terms[edit]
- in parole povere
- poveraccio
- poveramente
- poverello
- poveretto / poverino
- povertà
- poveruomo
- nullatenente
Further reading[edit]
- povero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Maiden, Martin. 1995. A linguistic history of Italian. London: Longman. Chapter 2, §7.2.
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