penury in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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viven en la penuria
they live in penury liter

penury in the PONS Dictionary

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None has found favour with the reading public and, consequently, he and his daughter are close to penury.
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He was survived, in penury, by his wife and six children, none of whom took up a musical career.
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By the time of his death, he was near penury.
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When he returned in 1823, he resumed his life of penury.
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He lived in penury in the last decades of his life, far removed from the success he had enjoyed in the 1950s and 60s.
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In the space of 10 years we have progressed from penury to riches.
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Despite an illustrious musical career, she died in penury, running a small tea shop next to the radio station where she had often broadcast from.
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In acute penury, she could not even pay the taxes needed to cremate him.
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He was a man of touchy and irascible character, and rose from penury to the height of opulence.
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Foster's own life ended in abject penury, which adds to the poignancy of the lyrics.
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