No. 10,093 in Polish
biedaki
"Biedaki" means "poor people" or "paupers" in English.
In a sentence
Biedaki nie mieli dostępu do czystej wody.
The poor people did not have access to clean water.
Refers to people living in poverty.
Czy to my jesteśmy biedaki, którzy zawsze muszą się martwić o pieniądze?
Are we the poor people who always have to worry about money?
Refers to individuals lamenting their financial situation.
Ach, biedaki, znów przegraliśmy mecz.
Oh, poor us, we lost the match again.
Used colloquially to express self-pity in a non-financial context.
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