despender

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese despender; from Latin dispendere, present infinitive of dispendo (“I spread; distribute”), probably influenced by expendo (“I pay out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /despenˈdeɾ/

Verb

despender (first-person singular present despendo, first-person singular preterite despendín, past participle despendido)
despender (first-person singular present despendo, first-person singular preterite despendim or despendi, past participle despendido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to spend, to expend
   • 1348, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 322:

     aquelo pouco que ende habemos, os mesajeiros que por ello ban, cómeno todo e despéndenlo entre idas e veidas

     the little which we have there, the couriers that are send there for bringing it, they eat it and spend it back and forth

   Synonym: gastar

2. to distribute

   Synonym: distribuír

Conjugation

Related terms

• despensa

References

• “despender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “despend” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “despender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “despender” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese despender, from Latin dispendere.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: des‧pen‧der

Verb

despender (first-person singular present despendo, first-person singular preterite despendi, past participle despendido)

1. to spend, to expend

   Synonym: gastar

2. to distribute, to spread, to scatter

   Synonyms: distribuir, espalhar

3. to employ, to exercise, to use

   Synonyms: empregar, exercer, usar

Conjugation