impoverish

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• /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/
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From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَفْقَر (ʔafqar) — to make poor
• Bulgarian: разорявам (razorjavam) — to make poor
• Bulgarian: разоря (razorja) — to make poor
• Bulgarian: обеднявам (obednjavam) — to make poor
• Bulgarian: обедня (obednja) — to make poor
• Catalan: empobrir — to make poor
• Dutch: verarmen — to make poor
• Finnish: köyhdyttää — to make poor
• French: appauvrir — to make poor
• German: arm machen — to make poor
• German: verarmen — to make poor
• Interlingua: impovrir — to make poor
• Italian: impoverire — to make poor
• Italian: immiserire — to make poor
• Japanese: 貧しくする (mazushiku suru) — to make poor
• Korean: 가난하게 하다 (gananhage hada) — to make poor
• Latin: pauperō — to make poor
• Latvian: nabadzināt — to make poor
• Māori: whakapōhara — to make poor
• Norwegian: utarme — to make poor
• Polish: zubażać — to make poor
• Polish: zubożyć — to make poor
• Portuguese: empobrecer — to make poor
• Romanian: sărăci — to make poor
• Romanian: pauperiza — to make poor
• Russian: обеднять (obednjatʹ) — to make poor
• Serbo-Croatian: osiromašiti — to make poor
• Spanish: empobrecer — to make poor
• Spanish: depauperar — to make poor
• Turkish: yoksullaştırmak — to make poor
• Turkish: fakirleştirmek — to make poor
• Turkish: verimsizleştirmek — to make poor
• Turkish: güçsüzleştirmek — to make poor
• Ukrainian: збі́днювати (zbídnjuvaty) — to make poor
• Ukrainian: збідни́ти (zbidnýty) — to make poor
• Dutch: verzwakken — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Dutch: verarmen — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Finnish: köyhdyttää — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Interlingua: impovrir — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Korean: 약화시키다 (yakhwasikida) — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Latvian: nabadzināt — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Norman: dêgraîssi — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Polish: zubażać — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Polish: zubożyć — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Ukrainian: збі́днювати (zbídnjuvaty) — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Ukrainian: збідни́ти (zbidnýty) — to deprive of some strength or richness
• Bulgarian: обеднявам (obednjavam) — to become poor
• Bulgarian: обеднея (obedneja) — to become poor
• Dutch: verarmen — to become poor
• Finnish: köyhtyä — to become poor
• French: s'appauvrir — to become poor
• German: verarmen — to become poor
• Greek: φτωχαίνω (ftochaíno) — to become poor
• Hungarian: elszegényedik — to become poor
• Ido: povreskar — to become poor
• Italian: impoverirsi — to become poor
• Italian: immiserirsi — to become poor
• Korean: 가난해지다 (gananhaejida) — to become poor
• Mon: ဝါတ် (wa̤t) — to become poor
• Polish: biednieć — to become poor
• Polish: zbiednieć — to become poor
• Portuguese: empobrecer — to become poor
• Russian: беднеть (bednetʹ) — to become poor
• Russian: нищать (niščatʹ) — to become poor
• Turkish: yoksullaşmak — to become poor