despilfarrar
Spanish
Etymology
From pelfa, variant of felpa (“rag”, literally “felt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /despilfaˈraɾ/ [d̪es.pil.faˈraɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧pil‧fa‧rrar
Verb
despilfarrar (first-person singular present despilfarro, first-person singular preterite despilfarré, past participle despilfarrado)
- (transitive) to squander
- Synonyms: farrear, derrochar, desperdiciar, malbaratar, malgastar
Conjugation
Conjugation of despilfarrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | despilfarrar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | despilfarrando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | despilfarrado | despilfarrada | |||||
plural | despilfarrados | despilfarradas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | despilfarro | despilfarrastú despilfarrásvos | despilfarra | despilfarramos | despilfarráis | despilfarran | |
imperfect | despilfarraba | despilfarrabas | despilfarraba | despilfarrábamos | despilfarrabais | despilfarraban | |
preterite | despilfarré | despilfarraste | despilfarró | despilfarramos | despilfarrasteis | despilfarraron | |
future | despilfarraré | despilfarrarás | despilfarrará | despilfarraremos | despilfarraréis | despilfarrarán | |
conditional | despilfarraría | despilfarrarías | despilfarraría | despilfarraríamos | despilfarraríais | despilfarrarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | despilfarre | despilfarrestú despilfarrésvos2 | despilfarre | despilfarremos | despilfarréis | despilfarren | |
imperfect (ra) | despilfarrara | despilfarraras | despilfarrara | despilfarráramos | despilfarrarais | despilfarraran | |
imperfect (se) | despilfarrase | despilfarrases | despilfarrase | despilfarrásemos | despilfarraseis | despilfarrasen | |
future1 | despilfarrare | despilfarrares | despilfarrare | despilfarráremos | despilfarrareis | despilfarraren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | despilfarratú despilfarrávos | despilfarre | despilfarremos | despilfarrad | despilfarren | ||
negative | no despilfarres | no despilfarre | no despilfarremos | no despilfarréis | no despilfarren |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- despilfarro
Further reading
- “despilfarrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014