povero

Etymology

From Latin pauper, pauperis. Compare French pauvre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ve.ro/

Adjective

povero (feminine singular povera, masculine plural poveri, feminine plural povere)

1. poor (opposite of rich)

   Antonym: ricco

   • 1512, Niccolò Machiavelli, Lettera a Francesco Vettori:

     Nacqui povero, ed imparai prima a stentare che a godere. ― I was born poor and I learned how to live in hardship sooner than [I learned] how to enjoy.

2. poor (to be pitied)

Noun

povero m (plural poveri, feminine povera)

1. poor man, pauper
2. (in the plural) the poor, the needy, poor people