gastar

Meaning

1. to spend
2. to expend
3. to waste

Concepts

spend

expend

consume

use up

waste

disburse

exhaust

pay out

deplete

use

squander

piss away

unclog

wear

wear down

wear out

wipe out

write out

fress

wear thin

run through

compensate

drop

eat

🍽️

eat up

frazzle

gluttonize

overfatigue

pay

💸

burn

Synonyms

consumir

esgotar

desperdiçar

desgastar

puir

despender

minguar

safar

exaurir

diminuir

Translations

dépenser

gastar

spendere

uitgeven

verteren

besteden

spenderen

gastar

spanderen

verausgaben

harcamak

consommer

ausgeben

verbruiken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡasˈta(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: vasto

Cognate with Spanish: gastar

Cognate with Italian: guastare

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gastar, from Latin vastāre, with the initial consonant influenced by the descendants of Frankish *wōstī (“waste”) (expected /ɡw/ reduced to /g/ in unstressed initial position). Cognate of Spanish gastar, Italian guastare (“to spoil”). Doublet of vastar.