köyhtyä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beggar noun A person who lives by asking others for money or food.
- impoverish verb To make poor.
Senses
köyhtyä is used for these senses in English:
- beggar (transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
- impoverish (intransitive) To become poor.
beggar — full definition
- noun A person who lives by asking others for money or food.
- verb To reduce someone to poverty, or to go far beyond what words or resources can describe or provide.
impoverish — full definition
- verb To make poor.
- verb To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
- verb To become poor.