What does povertà in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word povertà in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use povertà in Italian.
The word povertà in Italian means poverty, need, hardship, lack, scarcity, poverty line, spiritual poverty, poverty threshold, poverty line. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word povertà
poverty, need, hardshipsostantivo femminile (carenza di denaro) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Dopo il licenziamento dell'uomo, la famiglia fu costretta a vivere in assoluta povertà. After the man was laid off the family was forced into poverty. |
lack, scarcitysostantivo femminile (limitatezza) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Noto una certa povertà di idee in questo gruppo di lavoro. I sense a lack of ideas in this work group. |
poverty line(specifically) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) The level of poverty in the inner cities is appalling. |
spiritual poverty
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poverty threshold, poverty line
(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Sempre più famiglie scendono al di sotto della soglia di povertà. |
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