squander

Senso (Inglese)

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.

sinonimi

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

tip

transmit

trifle

uneconomic

unleash

utter

vent

void

wast

waste away

wastefulness

write out

throw to the dogs

wanton away

be extravagant

sport

throw around

be extravagant with

be prodigal

spend needlessly

skittle down

spend extravagantly

annihilate

wanton profusion

bend

be on the air

be used up

broadcast

burn

concentrate on

debauch

devastate

diffuse

disburse

dish out

distribute

draw out

drive out

eat up

embezzle

empty

exhaust

express

extinguish

extravagant

fritter

guzzle

in

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈskwɒnd.ə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine danese: skvætte

Affine islandese: skvetta

Affine svedese: skvätta

Affine norvegese bokmål: 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.