pobret

Catalan

Etymology

From pobre (poor) + -et (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

pobret m (plural pobrets, feminine pobreta)

  1. poor thing (someone or something to be pitied)
    • 2020 March 12, Erica Aspas, Time Out Barcelona, volume 588, page 8, column Fight!:
      És una ximpleria i sé que tot està al meu cap, però les vegades que m'he assegut a un bar o a un restaurant a dinar sola –de sopar, ni parlar-ne!– em fa la impressió que la gent em mira i pensa "aix, pobreta".
      It's silly and I know it's all in my head, but the times that I've sat down at a bar or a restaurant to have lunch alone –dinner, there's no way!–, I get the feeling that people are looking at me and thinking, "ugh, poor thing."

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