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beggar

UK
/ˈbɛɡə/
US
/ˈbɛɡər/

Traduzioni

beggarnoun
beggars
pl
UK
/ˈbɛɡə/
US
/ˈbɛɡər/
The beggar sat on the corner, holding a sign that asked for help.
Le mendiant était assis au coin de la rue, tenant une pancarte demandant de l’aide.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
petit veinardFamilier; interpellation légère exprimant l’admiration, la surprise ou un léger reproche.
indigentSoutenu; personne réduite à la grande pauvreté.
Sinonimi
mendicant
down-and-out
poor person
street person
tramp
vagrant
panhandler
beggarverb
beggared
Past Simple
beggared
Past Participle
beggaring
Gerund
UK
/ˈbɛɡə/
US
/ˈbɛɡər/
The economic crisis threatened to beggar many families.
La crise économique menaçait de ruiner de nombreuses familles.
défierEmploi soutenu; dans l’expression « beggar description », « beggar belief », etc.
Her courage beggars description.
Son courage défie toute description.
Sinonimi
impoverish
strip
ruin
bankrupt
deprive
beggaradjective
UK
/ˈbɛɡə/
US
/ˈbɛɡər/
Used attributively before nouns to denote connection with beggars or extreme poverty; not normally gradable.
mendiantEmploi surtout littéraire ou descriptif.
Beggar children lined the dusty road, their hands outstretched.
Des enfants mendiants longeaient la route poussiéreuse, les mains tendues.

Definizioni

beggarnoun
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!
beggarverb
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.
beggaradjective
Relating to beggars or to extreme poverty; characteristic of a beggar.
Beggar children lined the dusty road, their hands outstretched.
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