No. 4,481 in Catalan
misèria
Poverty or extreme suffering.
In a sentence
La misèria en què vivien era difícil de comprendre.
The destitution they lived in was hard to understand.
Here, 'misèria' is used to denote extreme poverty or very poor living conditions, representing a state of lack or hardship.
El seu comportament demostra una misèria moral.
His behavior demonstrates a moral depravity.
In this sentence, 'misèria' is employed in a metaphorical sense to describe a deficiency or lack in moral character or ethics.
Fas un drama per aquesta misèria de problema.
You're making a fuss over this trivial problem.
Here, 'misèria' is used to indicate triviality or the insignificance of the problem being discussed.
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