dilapidare

Meaning

to squander, to waste, to dissipate

Concepts

waste

squander

dilapidate

blow

Synonyms

sperperare

buttare via

sprecare

dissipare

sciupare

smucchia’

spendere tutto

causare sperpero

fare soffrire la povertà

discipare

buttare

gettare alle ortiche

consumare

disperdere

Translations

desperdiciar

verschwenden

malgastar

dilapidar

dilapider

gaspiller

vergeuden

verplempern

χαραμίζω

malbaratar

σπαταλώ

verzetteln

dissiper

gâcher

schnorren

Hyphenated as

di‧la‧pi‧dà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/di.la.piˈda.re/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīlapidāre (“to destroy to stones”), from dis (“apart”) + lapidō (“to stone”), from lapis (“stone”).