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pobre

/ˈpobɾe/ · po‧bre

adjective

  1. poor (unlucky)

    • ¡Pobre Pedro! Está enfermo.
      Poor Pedro! He is ill.

  2. poor (without money)

    • Era una familia pobre.
      It was a poor family.

Before the noun it means 'unlucky'; after it, 'without money'.

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Learn it in Unit 19: The body and health (A2): What hurts? · A2

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