gastar
Meaning
- (reflexive, transitive) to spend (money, time, resources)
- (reflexive, transitive) to wear, wear out (deteriorate by using)
- (transitive) to use up, to expend, to consume (energy, water etc.)
- (transitive) to play (jokes)
- (transitive) to have or wear
- (transitive) to waste (e.g. gas, money, energy, one's breath)
Concepts
corrade
lay waste to
Synonyms
despender
desperdiciar algo
acabar plática
Translations
spendere
dépenser
ausgeben
gastar
uitgeven
gastarFrequency
Hyphenated as
gas‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡasˈtaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Likely inherited from Latin vastāre, with the initial consonant influenced by Frankish *wōstijan and with the resulting /ɡw/ reducing to /g/ in unstressed initial position, as also in galardón.
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