spare

(Anglès)

Adj

1. Extra.
2. Extra.
3. Extra.
4. Not plentiful.
5. Not plentiful.
6. Not plentiful.
7. Not plentiful.
8. (UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught.

Noun

1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
2. Parsimony; frugal use.
3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
4. That which has not been used or expended.
5. A spare part, especially a spare tire.
6. A superfluous or second-best person.
7. The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
8. The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
9. (Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
10. (Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To show mercy, to have mercy on.
2. (intransitive) To show mercy, to have mercy on.
3. (transitive) To show mercy, to have mercy on.
4. (specifically, transitive) To show mercy, to have mercy on.
5. (intransitive) To keep.
6. (transitive) To keep.
7. (transitive) To keep.
8. (transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: spare

Heretat de anglès antic: spær

Cognat amb neerlandès: spaarzaam

Cognat amb alemany: sparsam

Cognat amb suec: sparsam

Cognat amb islandès: sparr

Cognat amb llatí: prosperus

Cognat amb eslau eclesiàstic: споръ

Cognat amb albanès: shperr

Cognat amb persa: سپار

Cognat amb grec antic: σπαρνός

Cognat amb sànscrit: स्फिर

Cognat amb escocès: spar

Cognat amb frisó occidental: sparje

Cognat amb neerlandès: sparen

Cognat amb alemany: sparen

Cognat amb suec: spara

Cognat amb islandès: spara

In summary

From Middle English spare, spar, from Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), from Proto-Germanic *sparaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, from the root *speh₁-.
Compare Dutch spaar(zaam), German spar(sam) and spär(lich), Swedish spar(sam), Icelandic sparr (“sparing”); also Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”), Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”), Albanian shperr (“earn money”), Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”), Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”).

Conceptes

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sobrer

donar

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🆓

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sortir

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tenir llàstima de

excessiu

insuficient

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reduït

extra

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excedent

sobrant

superflu

escàs

desocupat

prescindir de

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connectar

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doldre

endollar

Sinònims

save

reserve

superfluous

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lean

thin

bare

spare part

free

🆓

redundant

leave

backup

conserve

surplus

leave over

scanty

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excess

afford

unornamented

austere

supernumerary

escape

lank

meager

skinny

scrawny

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dispense with

fifth wheel

gaunt

unembellished

preserve

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part with

modest

miserly

omit

pity

left over

liberate

excuse

favour

loose