poverty

pobreza

Situación de quien no tiene suficiente dinero para cubrir sus necesidades básicas.

En inglés sencillo: The state of having too little money to meet basic needs.

• Many families live in poverty.
• The charity helps children escape poverty.
• Losing his job pushed him into poverty.

Sinónimos: destitution

Antónimos: wealth

Expresiones frecuentes: live in poverty, extreme poverty, poverty line

escasez, pobreza

Falta o cantidad insuficiente de algo que se necesita o desea.

En inglés sencillo: A lack of something that is needed or wanted.

• The report shows a poverty of ideas.
• The poverty of the soil limits what farmers can grow.
• Her criticism focused on the poverty of their imagination.

Cómo se usa: poverty of something (The essay reveals a poverty of original thought.)

Sinónimos: lack, shortage, scarcity

Antónimos: abundance

Expresiones frecuentes: poverty of ideas, poverty of imagination, poverty of resources