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Facing Hardships

Being poor refers to lacking sufficient financial resources to meet basic needs such as food, shelter, and healthcare. It often involves limited access to opportunities, instability, and vulnerability to economic changes, which can lead to hardship and social exclusion.

German

Arm – common term for poor
Bedürftig – needy, destitute; indigent
Mittellos – penniless; impecunious
Elend – miserable or wretched
Verarmt - impoverished
Geizig - penurious
Unterprivilegiert - underprivileged
Von Armut geplagt - poverty-stricken
Notleidend – suffering hardship
benachteiligt - deprived, disadvantaged

Spanish

Pobre – common term for poor; penurious
Necessitado – needy
Indigente – indigent, destitute
Sin un centavo - penniless
Inope - impecunious
Miserable – miserable, impoverished
Desamparado - underprivileged
Azotado por la pobreza - poverty-stricken
Sufriendo dificultades - suffering hardship

French

Pauvre – common term for poor
Nécessiteux – needy
Indigent – indigent, extremely poor
Démuni – deprived, destitute
Sans le sou - penniless
Impécunieux - impecunious
Misérable – miserable, impoverished, penurious
Appauvri - impoverished
Défavorisé - underprivileged; disadvantaged
Frappé par la pauvreté - poverty-stricken
Souffrir des difficultés - suffering hardship

Italian

Povero - poor
Penurioso - penurious
Bisognoso - needy
Indigente - indigent
Destituito - destitute
Senza un soldo - penniless
Squattrinato - impecunious
Miserabile - miserable
Impoverito - impoverished
Svantaggiato - underprivileged
Colpito dalla povertà - poverty-stricken
In difficoltà - suffering hardship

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