Today’s Spanish word of the day is “pobre”.
It’s an adjective meaning “poor”, and can also be used as a noun to refer to someone who is impoverished or unfortunate.
The word “pobre” comes from Latin pauper, meaning “poor” or “without resources”, which also gave us the English words “pauper” and “poverty”.
Example sentences
Era un barrio pobre, pero lleno de vida.
It was a poor neighborhood, but full of life.
Ayudamos a una familia pobre en Navidad.
We helped a poor family at Christmas.
La actuación fue tan pobre que el público se fue temprano.
The performance was so poor that the audience left early.
Su vocabulario es pobre para un escritor.
His vocabulary is poor for a writer.
¡Pobre de mí! Tengo que trabajar todo el fin de semana.
Poor me! I have to work all weekend.
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