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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
poor /pɔː(r), AE pʊər/
  1. agg.
    1. (not wealthy) [person, country] povero (in di)
    1. (inferior) [quality, performance, work] scadente;
      [student] scarso;
      [English] stentato;
      [health] cagionevole;
      [eyesight, memory] debole;
      [soil] povero;
      [chance, visibility] scarso;
      [weather, forecast] brutto, cattivo;
      [consolation] magro;
      to be ~ at [person] essere scarso in [maths, French];
      I’m a ~ traveller non sono nato per viaggiare
    1. (deserving pity) povero;
      ~ you! povero te!
      he’s got a cold, ~ thing ha il raffreddore, poverino
    1. (sorry, pathetic) [attempt, creature] patetico;
      [excuse] che non regge
  1. n. the ~ + verbo pl. i poveri
locuzioni idiomatiche as ~ as a church mouse povero in canna.


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poor: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
pooradj (lacking money)povero agg
Many of us come from poor families.
Molti di noi vengono da famiglie povere.
pooradj (unsatisfactory)scarso, mediocre agg
The boss is unhappy with my poor performance.
Il capo non è contento della mia prestazione mediocre.
 
Additional Translations
pooradj (pitiable, unfortunate)povero agg
From poor beginnings, the politician went far in life.
Dalle povere origini, il politico è arrivato in alto nella vita.
pooradj (lacking)povero, scarso agg
This soil is poor in nutrients.
Questo terreno è scarso di nutrimenti.
poor, the poornpl (poor people)povero nm
The poor often don't have cars.
I poveri spesso non hanno la macchina.
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poor: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
be pooressere povero
dirt pooradj slang (poverty stricken)poverissimo agg
in poor healthcagionevole di salute
in poor tasteadv (in an ill-judged or offensive way)di cattivo gusto avv
The listeners found the remark in poor taste.
in poor tasteadj (offensive)di cattivo gusto avv
John's joke about his mother-in-law was in poor taste.
make a poor showingfare brutta figura v
poor behavior UScomportamento mediocre
poor behaviourn (bad conduct)cattiva condotta nf
The student was sent out of the class for poor behaviour.
poor boxn (charity collection box)cassetta delle elemosine
People put coins into the poor box outside the church.
poor boysottomarino nm
poor creaturen informal (unfortunate person)poverino, poveretto nm
The poor creature stood in the pouring rain without coat or umbrella.
Poverino, è rimasto sotto l'acquazzone senza impermeabile né ombrello.
poor devilpovero diavolo
poor devil disgraziato obsolpoverino nm
poor excusen (unconvincing attempt to justify)miserevole scusa nf
 scusa che non regge
poor farmcomunità per i poveri finanziata dallo stato
poor figure (bad impression)brutta figura nf
poor formn (weak performance)prestazione deludente nf
poor formn (feeble or inferior condition)cattiva forma nf
poor formn (bad manners)mancanza di stile
poor healthn (illness)salute cagionevole nf
She has been in poor health ever since she caught bird 'flu last year.
poor in spiritcodardo nm
poor in spiritpovero di spirito
poor johnpesce simile al merluzzo ma di qualità inferiore
poor judgment, poor judgementn (tendency to make bad decisions)scarso giudizio nm
Elizabeth Taylor had notoriously poor judgement when it came to men.
poor lawlegge per l'assistenza ai poveri
poor mann (man who lacks money)povero agg
He was a poor man and had to ask for food at the local church in order to feed his child.
È talmente povero che per mangiare deve andare alla Caritas.
poor mann (man who is unfortunate)pover'uomo nm
That poor man has nothing but bad luck.
Quel pover'uomo ha avuto una vita veramente difficile.
poor nutritionmalnutrizione
poor performancen (underachievement)scarso rendimento nm
poor performancen (failure to function properly)cattivo funzionamento nm
poor person persona poverapovero nm
poor prognosisn (prediction that illness will worsen)prognosi infausta nf
My uncle is in hospital with cancer. He has received a poor prognosis - they think he will die.
Mio zio è in ospedale per un tumore. Ha avuto una prognosi infausta: si pensa morirà presto.
poor rateimposta o tassa per il sostentamento dei poveri
poor relationconfronto inferiore a
poor reliefsostentamento ai poveri
poor reputationdubbia reputazione
poor sportn (sb who cannot take a joke)chi non sta allo scherzo
poor thing! (poor fellow, even ironic) locuzione esclamativa, anche ironicopoverino! interj excl
poor timingtempi magri
poor unfortunaten (sb wretched)povero disgraziato nm
Nota: somewhat archaic and now most often used sarcastically
That poor unfortunate lives under a bridge near the park.
Quel povero disgraziato vive sotto un ponte vicino al parco.
poor unfortunateadj (wretched)sciagurato agg
Those poor unfortunate children have nowhere to live.
poor whiteuomo bianco impoverito
poor white trash spregiativofeccia bianca nf
poor womanpovera diavola nf
poor-boxdella cassetta delle offerte
poor-feedingmalnutrizione
poor-lawdi legge per l'assistenza ai poveri
poor-willcaprimulgo nm
the pooril povero nm
the urban poori poveri della città
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