B1🔤 Letters M & N
Italian word
miseria
extreme poverty, wretchedness
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misery
great distress or unhappiness
⚠️ The trap
'Miseria' emphasises material poverty more strongly than emotional suffering. For pure emotional misery, Italians say 'tristezza' or 'sofferenza'.
To say "great distress or unhappiness" in Italian:
tristezza / dolore (for emotional misery)
"miseria" in English means:
extreme poverty, wretchedness
Example
"Molte famiglie vivono in miseria."
"Many families live in poverty."
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