poor

[/pɔːr/]

adjective

pobre

1. lacking money or possessions; indigent

He came from a poor family.

Ele veio de uma família pobre.

2. of low quality; inferior

The poor quality of the product disappointed us.

A qualidade pobre do produto nos decepcionou.

3. deserving pity or sympathy

Poor thing, she lost her job.

Coitada, ela perdeu o emprego.

4. meager or scanty

The soil is poor in nutrients.

O solo é pobre em nutrientes.

NYC Slang

broke (for lack of money)

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

pobre

standard usage for both financial and quality meanings

Rio de Janeiro

pobre

also used colloquially as 'coitado/coitada' for sympathy

São Paulo

pobre

standard usage, sometimes 'miserável' for extreme poverty

Portugal

pobre

standard usage; 'miserável' or 'indigente' for extreme cases

poor as a church mouse (extremamente pobre)

poor man's (substitute; versão barata de algo)

the poor soul (pessoa digna de pena)

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