pobret

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈβɾɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈbɾət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poˈbɾet]

Noun

pobret m (plural pobrets, feminine pobreta)

1. poor thing (someone or something to be pitied)
   • 2020 March 12, Erica Aspas, Time Out Barcelona‎^[1], 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."

Further reading

• “pobret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pobret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.