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beggar

/ˈbɛɡə/

/ˈbɛɡər/

beggarnoun

beggars

/ˈbɛɡə/

/ˈbɛɡər/

Translations

нищий

The beggar sat on the street corner asking for change.

Нищий сидел на углу улицы, прося мелочь.

попрошайкаразг.

The beggar approached the tourists with a hopeful look.

Попрошайка подошёл к туристам с надеждой в глазах.

Additional translations

нищенка

побирушкаразг., сниж.

Definitions

A person, typically homeless, who lives by asking for money or food from others.

The beggar sat on the corner, holding a sign that asked for help.

A person reduced to extreme poverty or destitution.

The war left him a beggar with nothing but the clothes he wore.

(informal, chiefly British) A playful or mildly reproachful form of address to a person, often implying admiration, surprise, or mild annoyance.

You lucky beggar, winning the lottery on your first try!

Synonyms

mendicant

down-and-out

poor person

street person

tramp

vagrant

panhandler

beggarverb

beggared

Past Simple

beggared

Past Participle

beggaring

Gerund

/ˈbɛɡə/

/ˈbɛɡər/

Translations

разорить

The economic crisis could beggar many families.

Экономический кризис может разорить многие семьи.

Additional translations

превосходитьв устойчивых оборотах типа beggars description/belief

Definitions

To reduce someone to poverty or the state of being a beggar.

The economic crisis threatened to beggar many families.

(usually with object) To surpass or be beyond the limits of; to defy (description, belief, comparison, etc.).

Her courage beggars description.

Synonyms

beggaradjective

/ˈbɛɡə/

/ˈbɛɡər/

Used attributively before nouns to denote connection with beggars or extreme poverty; not normally gradable.

Translations

нищенский

He worked for beggar wages.

Он работал за нищенскую плату.

Definitions

Relating to beggars or to extreme poverty; characteristic of a beggar.

Beggar children lined the dusty road, their hands outstretched.