miseria

/miˈseɾja/, [miˈse.ɾja]

misery, poverty

Examples

Al final de su vida, Hokusai vivía en la miseria, solo con su hija, y trabajó hasta su muerte.

At the end of his life, Hokusai lived in misery, alone with his daughter, and worked until his death.

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Ella se divorció de él luego de muchos años de miseria.

She divorced him after many years of unhappiness.

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Ni la alegría ni la miseria duran por siempre.

Neither happiness nor misery last forever.

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La miseria ajena deja un extraño sabor.

The misery of others leaves a weird taste.

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La familia estaba en la miseria.

The family lived in poverty.

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Como la paz es de toda bondad, la guerra es un emblema, un jeroglífico, de toda miseria.

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.

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Todo el dinero que ganó en la lotería no le trajo más que miseria.

All the money he won in the lottery brought him nothing but misery.

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Muchos han sufrido la opresión y la miseria durante un largo período de tiempo bajo el dominio del colonialismo.

Many have suffered oppression and misery for a long period of time under the rule of colonialism.

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Ella parecía revolcarse en su miseria en vez de tratar de recuperarse del desastre.

She seemed to be wallowing in her grief instead of trying to recover from the disaster.

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Alguien debería de sacar a ese perro de su miseria.

Someone should put that dog out of its misery.

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Los dos poemas expresan la miseria humana.

The two poems express human suffering.

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La miseria te enseña a comer pan sin mantequilla.

Poverty teaches you to eat bread without butter.

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