English-Portuguese translations for paltry

• insignificante
  Algumas pessoas recusam-se a retirar 100 milhões de euros para o microcrédito da quantia insignificante de 700 milhões de euros atribuída ao longo de sete anos. Some people are refusing to deduct EUR 100 million for micro-credit from the paltry sum of EUR 700 million allocated over seven years.
  Entretanto, o sector dos lacticínios, com todos os problemas e com os seus produtores a sofrerem por toda a UE, irá ter um insignificante aumento de financiamentos de apenas 0,3%. Meanwhile, the beleaguered dairy sector with dairy farmers suffering across the EU will receive a paltry increase of funding of only 0.3%.
  As quantias insignificantes que foram prometidas, a falta de clareza no que respeita à sua atribuição e a lógica individualista subjacente ao veículo promovido confirmam esta ideia. The paltry sums pledged, the lack of clarity concerning their allocation and the individualistic logic behind the vehicle promoted testify to this.
• pobre

Definition of paltry

• Trashy, trivial, of little value
• Of little monetary worth

Examples

• This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product
• She made some paltry excuse and left
• Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
• Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans

Related words

• paltrier
• Paltry Tyrannulet
• paltry insignificant