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  • Well, actually "poor thing" would be simply pobre Diminuitive endings might not always mean smaller, can also be affectionate or changing to a differnt word altogether (zorro-zorrillo) but in this case pobrecito is refering to children (or perhaps midgets)

    pobresito? 2002

  • Well, actually "poor thing" would be simply pobre Diminuitive endings might not always mean smaller, can also be affectionate or changing to a differnt word altogether (zorro-zorrillo) but in this case pobrecito is refering to children (or perhaps midgets)

    pobresito? 2002

  • Well, actually "poor thing" would be simply pobre Diminuitive endings might not always mean smaller, can also be affectionate or changing to a differnt word altogether (zorro-zorrillo) but in this case pobrecito is refering to children (or perhaps midgets)

    pobresito? 2002

  • Well, actually "poor thing" would be simply pobre Diminuitive endings might not always mean smaller, can also be affectionate or changing to a differnt word altogether (zorro-zorrillo) but in this case pobrecito is refering to children (or perhaps midgets)

    pobresito? 2002

  • Well, actually "poor thing" would be simply pobre Diminuitive endings might not always mean smaller, can also be affectionate or changing to a differnt word altogether (zorro-zorrillo) but in this case pobrecito is refering to children (or perhaps midgets)

    pobresito? 2002

  • Staff holding students accountable to higher expectations, eliminating the "pobrecito" attitude and replacing it with a "can do" attitude and addressing each individual student's need will break the centuries long cycle of institutional racism.

    dy/dan 2008

  • Staff holding students accountable to higher expectations, eliminating the "pobrecito" attitude and replacing it with a "can do" attitude and addressing each individual student's need will break the centuries long cycle of institutional racism.

    dy/dan 2008

  • "You ought to be able to do better than this, pobrecito."

    Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010

  • El jalón de orejas no es solo para para Calderón y compañía (pobrecito nada¡¡¡¡ si no quiere ir a la cárcel no sea corrupto, así de simple), es para la clase política en general, que aquí como en otros países creen que uno está para serviles y no ellos para servir …

    Costa Rica's Ex-President Sentenced to 5 Years for Corruption 2009

  • Apparently, cutting baby's fingernails is sure to bring the curses of hell upon the pobrecito and condemn it to a life of ill-health.

    Bald babies 2005

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