gasto

Meaning

gastar

  1. (reflexive, transitive) to spend (money, time, resources)
  2. (reflexive, transitive) to wear, wear out (deteriorate by using)
  3. (transitive) to use up, to expend, to consume (energy, water etc.)
  4. (transitive) to play (jokes)
  5. (transitive) to have or wear
  6. (transitive) to waste (e.g. gas, money, energy, one's breath)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
gas‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡasto/
Etymology

In summary

Partly Latin vastāre, partly from a Germanic language (compare English waste). Cognate with Portuguese gasto.

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