miseria

Translation

s.f.

› (pobreza)

⇨ poverty

⇨ breadline uk

Esta gente vive casi en la miseria

These people are closed to the breadline

› (sufrimiento, desgracia)

⇨ misery

› (cantidad insignificante)

⇨ pittance

Gana una miseria

He earns a pittance

⇨ peanuts inform pl

En esa organización pagan a la gente una miseria

They pay people peanuts in that organization

(Definition of miseria s.f. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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