Also means
to become poor
Usage Note
Impoverire can be used transitively ('to make poor or weaker': la crisi ha impoverito la regione) or intransitively ('to become poor': la famiglia si è impoverita). In the intransitive/reflexive sense it takes essere as the auxiliary. It is also used figuratively: impoverire il dibattito means 'to impoverish the debate' by reducing its quality.
Examples
"La crisi ha impoverito molte famiglie."
Natural Translation
The crisis impoverished many families.
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