beggar

• Nom désignant une personne qui vit en demandant de l'argent ou de la nourriture aux autres, souvent par pauvreté.

A noun referring to a person who lives by asking others for money or food, often due to poverty.

1. A person who begsA2formal

   A person who lives by asking others for money or food, typically due to poverty.

   mendiant

   • A beggar sat on the street corner asking for change.
   • She gave some food to the beggar near the station.
   • The city has programs to help beggars find shelter and work.

   Synonymescadgerhobomendicantpanhandlerscroungersupplicanttrampvagrant

2. Be beyond the resources ofC1formal

   To be so difficult or expensive that it cannot be achieved or afforded.

   dépasser les ressources de

   • The cost of the renovation beggars belief.
   • His talent beggars description.
   • The sheer scale of the project beggars the imagination.

   Synonymesdefyexceedoutstripsurpasstranscend

3. Reduce to beggaryC1formal

   To make someone extremely poor, to the point of having to beg.

   Réduire à la mendicité

   • The war beggared the entire region.
   • His gambling addiction beggared his family.
   • The economic crisis beggared many small business owners.

   Antonymesbenefactor

• Verbe signifiant réduire quelqu'un à la pauvreté ou appauvrir, épuiser les ressources de quelque chose au point de le rendre misérable ou démuni.

A verb used to indicate the act of reducing someone to poverty or making someone poor, or to exhaust the resources of something.

1. Reduce to povertyB2formal

   To make someone extremely poor or destitute.

   réduire à la pauvreté

   • The war beggared the entire region.
   • His gambling habit beggared his family.
   • The economic crisis beggared thousands of small farmers.

   Synonymesbankruptbustclean outruinwipe out

   Antonymesendowenrichfinance

2. Exceed or defyC1formal

   To be beyond the capacity or resources of something, often used in the phrase 'beggar belief' or 'beggar description'.

   défier (toute croyance/description)

   • The complexity of the problem beggars belief.
   • Her kindness beggars description.
   • The beauty of the landscape beggars all imagination.

   Synonymesdefyexceedoutstripsurpasstranscend