# pobreza
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pobreza, from pobre (“poor”) + -eza (“-ness; -ity”), from Latin pauper (“poor”), from *pavo-pars (“getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *pau- (“smallness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈbɾeθa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.θɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /poˈbɾeθa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.θɐ]
* IPA: (seseo) /poˈbɾesa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -eθa
* Rhymes: -eθa
* Rhymes: -esa
* Hyphenation: po‧bre‧za

### Noun

pobreza f (plural pobrezas)
* poverty
    Synonym: miseria
    Antonym: riqueza

#### Related terms

* pobre

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pobreza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pobreza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pobreza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pobreza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pobreza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “pobreza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* pobrêza (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pobreza, from pobre (“poor”) + -eza (“-ness; -ity”), from Latin pauper (“poor”), from *pavo-pars (“getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *pau- (“smallness”). By surface analysis, pobre +‎ -eza.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈbɾe.zɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈbɾe.zɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /poˈbɾe.za/
* (Portugal) IPA: /puˈbɾe.zɐ/ [puˈβɾe.zɐ]
* Hyphenation: po‧bre‧za
* Audio (Brazil):(file)

### Noun

pobreza f (plural pobrezas)
* (uncountable) poverty (quality or state of being poor)
    Synonyms: amargura, miséria, indigência, penúria, sofrimento
    Antonyms: abastança, fartura, fortuna, opulência, riqueza
* a lack; a deficiency
    Synonyms: carência, deficiência, escassez, falta
    Antonyms: abundância, excesso

#### Derived terms

* pobreza extrema

#### Related terms

* paupérrimo
* pobre
* pobretão

### Further reading

* “pobreza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

From pobre +‎ -eza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /poˈbɾeθa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.θa]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /poˈbɾesa/ [poˈβ̞ɾe.sa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eθa
* Rhymes: -esa
* Syllabification: po‧bre‧za

### Noun

pobreza f (plural pobrezas)
* poverty
    Synonym: (dated) pobredad
    Antonym: riqueza

### Further reading

* “pobreza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014