destitute in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for destitute in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.destitute [Am ˈdɛstəˌt(j)ut, Brit ˈdɛstɪtjuːt] ADJ

1. destitute (very poor):

destitute person/family

indigente

she was left destitute

quedó en la indigencia or miseria

2. destitute (devoid) form:

to be destitute of sth

carecer de algo form

II.destitute [Am ˈdɛstəˌt(j)ut, Brit ˈdɛstɪtjuːt] N npl

the destitute

los desposeídos

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well-nigh impossible/destitute

prácticamente

Translations for destitute in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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desvalido (desvalida)

destitute

indigente

destitute

los indigentes

the destitute

los desvalidos

the destitute

paupérrimo (paupérrima) persona

destitute

los desposeídos

the destitute

dejó a su familia en el más completo abandono

he left his family utterly destitute

cientos de familias quedaron sin hogar/en la miseria

hundreds of families were left homeless/destitute

destitute in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for destitute in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.destitute [ˈdestɪtju:t, Am -tu:t] ADJ

destitute

necesitado, -a

II.destitute [ˈdestɪtju:t, Am -tu:t] N

the destitute pl

los indigentes

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indigente

destitute

indigente

destitute person

descalzo (-a)

destitute

destitute Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the destitute pl

los indigentes

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The less fortunate or less well funded prospectors rapidly found themselves destitute.

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This was a newly built experimental community she had sponsored which taught destitute coal miners subsistence farming.

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Many of them were destitute and jobless as well as being homeless.

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His long illness had dwindled his savings leaving his widow and children destitute.

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Soup kitchens were opened to help feed the destitute.

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They over-dressed with tight-fitting unsanitary clothing made by the sweated labor of the diseased and destitute.

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The people were left destitute by these armies neverending demands for contributions.

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It first served as a home for abandoned, orphaned and financially destitute boys.

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Sick and destitute, also, collected in the wake of the army.

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He suffered from depression and became homeless and destitute on several occasions until joining a recovery programme.

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