"Noi suntem săraci și deștepți."

Translation: We are poor and smart.

[Sviatoka]

Like any other student out there... Poor but smart

[megatencio30]

Can "deștepți" also mean wise?

[Caesar_Imperator]

It can mean "wise" with the meaning that is implied in "wise guy". „Băiat deștept” can also have this meaning, but usually you would refer to such a person as „șmecher”.

Otherwise, "wise" is „înțelept”. An old person with lots of life experience could be considered „înțelept”.

[mjf92]

what about clever?

[Caesar_Imperator]

Clever also means intelligent in English, so you can always use the romanian word for that: „inteligent”. Otherwise, „isteț” and „deștept” are possible translations.

Sources:

https://dexonline.ro/definitie/iste%C8%9B

https://dexonline.ro/definitie/de%C8%99tept (second meaning only)

https://dexonline.ro/definitie/inteligent

[megatencio30]

Thank you! I think I got those two mixed up somehow!

[Lou266896]

Does this mean smart clever or smartly dressed?

[Caesar28]

how sad