No. 9,738 in Catalan
malviuen
"Malviuen" means "they live poorly" or "they survive in hardship" in English.
In a sentence
Moltes famílies malviuen en condicions precàries.
Many families survive in precarious conditions.
Here, 'malviuen' is used to describe living under challenging and insufficient circumstances.
Les persones del barri s'ajuden perquè malviuen i necessiten suport.
The people in the neighborhood help each other because they live poorly and need support.
In this sentence, 'malviuen' denotes living in a state of poverty and hardship.
Al camp, malviuen sense accés a aigua potable.
In the countryside, they survive without access to potable water.
This usage of 'malviuen' emphasizes struggling to sustain oneself under dire conditions.
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