English-Spanish translations for poverty

• pobreza
  La pobreza genera por naturaleza pobreza. Poverty naturally breeds poverty.
  «Que la pobreza pase a la historia en 2005. ‘Make poverty history in 2005.
  La pobreza, acabar con ella, esto no debe ser solo un eslogan. Poverty, end poverty, this should not be just a slogan.
• pauperismo

Definition of poverty

• The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
• Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness

Examples

• poverty of soil
• poverty of the blood
• poverty of spirit

Related words

• poverty-stricken
• antipoverty
• poverty line
• poverty trap
• poverty of the stimulus
• poverty among the elderly
• poverty in old age
• poverty threshold
• poverty risk