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The Spanish word

pobre
means
poor (m)
Examples:
Soy pobre.
I'm poor.
Él es pobre.
He is poor.
Tony no se sentía pobre.
Tony did not feel poor.
Prefiero ser pobre que rico.
I'd rather be poor than rich.
Ella es pobre, pero es feliz.
She is poor, but she is happy.
Prefiero ser pobre a ser rico.
I prefer being poor to being rich.
Soy pobre y no puedo comprarlo.
I'm poor, and I can't buy it.
Tú no sabes lo que es ser pobre.
You don't know what it is to be poor.
Mi pobre corazón está sufriendo.
How my poor heart aches!
Él es pobre, pero tiene buen ánimo.
He is poor, but he is in high spirits.
Los pobres no siempre son infelices.
The poor are not always unhappy.
Los niños son la riqueza de los pobres.
Children are poor men's riches.
Él es rico, pero su hermano mayor es pobre.
He is rich, but his older brother is poor.
No creo que ser pobre sea algo para avergonzarse.
I think being poor is nothing to be ashamed of.
¡Cuántas desgracias han sufrido estos pobres niños!
How many misfortunes these poor children have suffered!
El hombre estaba avergonzado de haber nacido pobre.
The man was ashamed of being born poor.
En otro tiempo, en ese pueblo había agricultores pobres.
In another time, there were poor farmers in that village. | There were once poor farmers in that village.
El pobre joven finalmente se convirtió en un gran artista.
The poor young man finally became a great artist.
No es pobre quien tiene muy poco, sino quien ansía demasiado.
Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org