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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesverarmen
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ferarmen
"Die Krise droht große Teile der Bevölkerung zu verarmen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To make someone very poor.
"The prolonged economic crisis threatened to impoverish thousands of working-class families." - 2
To exhaust the strength, richness, or quality of something.
"Over-farming can severely impoverish the soil, leaving it devoid of essential nutrients."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French 'empovrir', combining the prefix 'em-' (from Latin 'in-') meaning 'to make' and 'pauvre' meaning 'poor' (from Latin 'pauper'). It entered the English language in the late 15th century, retaining its core sense of reducing someone or something to poverty or stripping of vital strength.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Impoverish" is said worldwide
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appauvrir
Transliteration: apovrir
"Cette politique fiscale risque d'appauvrir la classe moyenne."
verarmen
Transliteration: ferarmen
"Die Krise droht große Teile der Bevölkerung zu verarmen."
impoverire
Transliteration: impoverire
"La siccità prolungata può impoverire il terreno agricolo."
empobrecer
Transliteration: empobrecer
"La inflación galopante tiende a empobrecer a los ciudadanos."
empobrecer
Transliteration: empobrecer
"A falta de investimentos pode empobrecer a região."
गरीब करना
Transliteration: garib karna
"इस नीति से देश के किसानों के गरीब होने का खतरा है।"
使贫困
Transliteration: shǐ pínkùn
"长期的战争让整个国家陷入了贫困。"
가난하게 하다
Transliteration: gananhage hada
"잘못된 경제 정책은 국민을 가난하게 만들 수 있습니다."
貧乏にする
Transliteration: binbō ni suru
"不況は多くの労働者を貧乏にする恐れがある。"
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