dispensa

dispensa

See also: dispensá

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

dispensa

1. third-person singular past historic of dispenser

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈspɛn.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsa
• Hyphenation: di‧spèn‧sa

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dīspēnsa, feminine past participle of dīspendō, from Latin dis- + pendō.

Noun

dispensa f (plural dispense)

1. distribution, handing out
2. larder, pantry
   • 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XXI, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 147:

     All'ora di pranzo pensò di prepararsi qualcosa, ma la sua dispensa era sfornita. Sostiene Pereira di aver pensato che magari poteva mangiare un boccone al Café Orquídea, anche tardi, e poi andare al giornale.

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3. (furniture) sideboard

   Synonym: buffet

4. instalment/installment
5. exemption, dispensation (from)

Related terms

• dispendere

Verb

dispensa

1. inflection of dispensare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

Verb

dispēnsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dispēnsō

References

• [http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/DISPENSA dispensa] in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Verb

dispensa

1. inflection of dispensar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Romanian

Etymology

From French dispenser, from Latin dispensare.

Verb

a dispensa (third-person singular present dispensează, past participle dispensat) 1st conj.

1. to dispense

Conjugation

    conjugation of dispensa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a dispensa
gerund			dispensând
past participle			dispensat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	dispensez	dispensezi	dispensează	dispensăm	dispensați	dispensează
	imperfect	dispensam	dispensai	dispensa	dispensam	dispensați	dispensau
	simple perfect	dispensai	dispensași	dispensă	dispensarăm	dispensarăți	dispensară
	pluperfect	dispensasem	dispensaseși	dispensase	dispensaserăm	dispensaserăți	dispensaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să dispensez	să dispensezi	să dispenseze	să dispensăm	să dispensați	să dispenseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		dispensează			dispensați
	negative		nu dispensa			nu dispensați

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Spanish

Verb

dispensa

1. inflection of dispensar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dispensa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dis‧pen‧sa
• IPA^(key): /disˈpensa/, [dɪsˈpen.sɐ]

Noun

dispensa

1. forgiveness; excuse

   Synonym: paumanhin

2. certificate granting dispensation

Derived terms

• dispensahin
• madispensahan