depauperar

/depawpeˈɾaɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (eu)
depaupero
preterite (eu)
depauperei
past participle
depauperado

Meaning

  1. to impoverish

    • A guerra depauperou o país.

      War impoverished the country.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

empobrecer

depauperar and empobrecer are close synonyms for "to impoverish"; depauperar is rarer and more literary.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

empobrecer

empobrecer is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to impoverish."

Practice

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