mal pobre
[ˈmal ˈpoβ̞ɾe]
The verdict
“mal pobre” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, dada a los lujos y riquezas, poco acostumbrada a situaciones de austeridad, carestía y escasez.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mal-pobre · mal pobre · Spanish
mal pobre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mal pobre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈmal ˈpoβ̞ɾe] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mal pobre” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mal pobre is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈmal ˈpoβ̞ɾe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mal pobre, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mal pobre, spelled M-A-L- -P-O-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, dada a los lujos y riquezas, poco acostumbrada a situaciones de austeridad, carestía y escasez.
- 2Pobre y soberbio, que por soberbia oculta su pobreza y hace alarde de cosas que no son suyas.
- 3Persona pródiga, que malgasta el dinero en cosas innecesarias o por puro capricho.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.