Polyglot Dictionary

empobrecer

/ẽpobɾeˈseɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
empobreço
preterite (eu)
empobreci
past participle
empobrecido

Meaning

  1. to impoverish

    • A crise empobreceu o país.

      The crisis impoverished the country.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

depauperar

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."

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