sprecare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to waste
  2. (transitive) to squander

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
spre‧cà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/spreˈka.re/
Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *disperdicāre, from Latin disperdere, or from Vulgar Latin *dispergicāre, iterative of Latin dispergere, or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *exprecāre ("drive into ruin"), from Latin ex- + precāri.

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