squander

Significado (Inglés)

1. To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
2. (obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
3. (obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.

Conceptos

malgastar

desperdiciar

despilfarrar

derrochar

malbaratar

gastar

acabar

prodigar

disipar

dilapidar

desaguar

desparramar

despilforrar

dejar salir

dar

perder

propagar

radiar

abrasar

consumir

preparar phiri

farrear

🥳

fumarse

arrojar

destrozar

derretir

difundir

emitir

fraccionar

Sinónimos

waste

dissipate

lavish

fritter away

scatter

consume

splurge

blow

spend

destroy

dissipation

lose

use up

misuse

dilapidate

disperse

chase away

ravage

ruin

ware

misspend

throw about

spread

sprinkle

cost

incline

lavishness

lean

list

luxury

mislay

misplace

output

perish

pillage

prodigal

profligacy

profligate

propagate

release

roam

run through

shatter

shoot

slant

slather

splash about

spoil

throw away

tilt

Traducciones

verschwenden

gaspiller

vergeuden

sprecare

esbanjar

dissiper

sperperare

verschleudern

prodiguer

verkwisten

verspillen

dissipar

desperdiçar

dilapider

dissipare

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈskwɒnd.ə/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con danés: skvætte

Cognado con islandés: skvetta

Cognado con sueco: skvätta

Cognado con noruego bokmal: skvette

In summary

Earliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over a wide area". Of unknown origin. Perhaps a blend of scatter + wander.
Compare Danish skvætte (rare)/skvatte (“to splash”) (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt”), Swedish skvätta (“to splash”), Norwegian Bokmål skvette.