poor Significado & definición

Significado de poor en español

• 0 having little money -- pobre

  • He comes from a very poor family.

  • Modern fertilizers are too expensive for poorer countries to afford.

  • housing for the poor

• 1 used to show that you are sad for someone -- pobre

  • That cold sounds terrible, you poor thing!

• 2 of bad quality -- malo

  • It was a poor performance.

  • Last year’s exam results were poor.

  • a poor harvest

  • The meeting went smoothly, but attendance was poor (= not many people came).

• 3 not having much skill at a particular activity -- poco hábil

  • Sam is a poor swimmer.

• 4 not having much money -- pobre [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a poor family una familia pobre

  • a poor man with little education un hombre pobre con poca educación

• 5 people with little money -- los pobres

  • charity donations for the poor donaciones benéficas para los pobres

• 6 of a low standard or quality -- malo/la [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • hospitals serving poor food to patients hospitales que sirven comida mala a los pacientes

  • a poor grade on the test una nota deficente en el examen

• 7 having a low level of skill -- ineficiente [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • students who are poor readers estudiantes que son lectores ineficientes

• 8 not containing enough of sth -- escaso/sa [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a diet that is poor in vitamins and minerals una dieta falta en vitaminas y minerales

• 9 used to show sympathy for sb -- pobre [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • Poor Paula, she looked really upset. Pobre Paula, parecía muy molesta.