povero
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin pauperem. Given that the expect native reflex would have been *popere, this form was likely among the early borrowings into Italian from Gallo-Italic.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpovero (feminine povera, masculine plural poveri, feminine plural povere, superlative poverissimo)
- poor (with little or no possessions or money)
- Antonym: ricco
- 1512, Niccolò Machiavelli, Lettera a Francesco Vettori, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Nacqui povero, ed imparai prima a stentare che a godere.
- I was born poor and I learned how to live in hardship sooner than [I learned] how to enjoy.
- poor (to be pitied)
Noun
editpovero m (plural poveri, feminine povera)
Derived terms
edit- in parole povere
- poveraccio
- poveramente
- poverello
- poveretto / poverino
- povertà
- poveruomo
- nullatenente
References
edit- ^ Maiden, Martin. 1995. A linguistic history of Italian. London: Longman. Chapter 2, §7.2.
Further reading
edit- povero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Neapolitan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editpovero (feminine singular povera, plural povere)
References
edit- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 735: “povero” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 80
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