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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to have perforated hands”, or more loosely translated as “to have hands with holes in them”.
Verb
avére le mani bucate (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò le mani bucate, first-person singular past historic èbbi le mani bucate or ébbi le mani bucate, past participle avùto le mani bucate, first-person singular future avrò le mani bucate, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia le mani bucate, second-person singular imperative àbbi le mani bucate, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to squander, waste or dissipate
- Synonyms: scialacquare, dilapidare, disperdere, sperperare