desperdiciar

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Spanish

Etymology

From desperdicio +‎ -ar, from Late Latin disperditiāre (“losing”), from Latin disperdō (“to lose completely”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /despeɾdiˈθjaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /despeɾdiˈsjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧per‧di‧ciar

Verb

desperdiciar (first-person singular present desperdicio, first-person singular preterite desperdicié, past participle desperdiciado)

  1. (transitive) to waste
    Synonyms: farrear, derrochar, despilfarrar, malbaratar, malgastar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desperdiciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive desperdiciar
gerund desperdiciando
past participle masculine feminine
singular desperdiciado desperdiciada
plural desperdiciados desperdiciadas
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 desperdicio desperdiciastú
desperdiciásvos 		desperdicia desperdiciamos desperdiciáis desperdician
imperfect desperdiciaba desperdiciabas desperdiciaba desperdiciábamos desperdiciabais desperdiciaban
preterite desperdicié desperdiciaste desperdició desperdiciamos desperdiciasteis desperdiciaron
future desperdiciaré desperdiciarás desperdiciará desperdiciaremos desperdiciaréis desperdiciarán
conditional desperdiciaría desperdiciarías desperdiciaría desperdiciaríamos desperdiciaríais desperdiciarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present desperdicie desperdiciestú
desperdiciésvos2 		desperdicie desperdiciemos desperdiciéis desperdicien
imperfect
(ra) 		desperdiciara desperdiciaras desperdiciara desperdiciáramos desperdiciarais desperdiciaran
imperfect
(se) 		desperdiciase desperdiciases desperdiciase desperdiciásemos desperdiciaseis desperdiciasen
future1 desperdiciare desperdiciares desperdiciare desperdiciáremos desperdiciareis desperdiciaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative desperdiciatú
desperdiciávos 		desperdicie desperdiciemos desperdiciad desperdicien
negative no desperdicies no desperdicie no desperdiciemos no desperdiciéis no desperdicien

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of desperdiciar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive desperdiciar
dative desperdiciarme desperdiciarte desperdiciarle, desperdiciarse desperdiciarnos desperdiciaros desperdiciarles, desperdiciarse
accusative desperdiciarme desperdiciarte desperdiciarlo, desperdiciarla, desperdiciarse desperdiciarnos desperdiciaros desperdiciarlos, desperdiciarlas, desperdiciarse
with gerund desperdiciando
dative desperdiciándome desperdiciándote desperdiciándole, desperdiciándose desperdiciándonos desperdiciándoos desperdiciándoles, desperdiciándose
accusative desperdiciándome desperdiciándote desperdiciándolo, desperdiciándola, desperdiciándose desperdiciándonos desperdiciándoos desperdiciándolos, desperdiciándolas, desperdiciándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desperdicia
dative desperdíciame desperdíciate desperdíciale desperdícianos not used desperdíciales
accusative desperdíciame desperdíciate desperdícialo, desperdíciala desperdícianos not used desperdícialos, desperdícialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desperdiciá
dative desperdiciame desperdiciate desperdiciale desperdicianos not used desperdiciales
accusative desperdiciame desperdiciate desperdicialo, desperdiciala desperdicianos not used desperdicialos, desperdicialas
with formal second-person singular imperative desperdicie
dative desperdícieme not used desperdíciele, desperdíciese desperdícienos not used desperdícieles
accusative desperdícieme not used desperdícielo, desperdíciela, desperdíciese desperdícienos not used desperdícielos, desperdícielas
with first-person plural imperative desperdiciemos
dative not used desperdiciémoste desperdiciémosle desperdiciémonos desperdiciémoos desperdiciémosles
accusative not used desperdiciémoste desperdiciémoslo, desperdiciémosla desperdiciémonos desperdiciémoos desperdiciémoslos, desperdiciémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desperdiciad
dative desperdiciadme not used desperdiciadle desperdiciadnos desperdiciaos desperdiciadles
accusative desperdiciadme not used desperdiciadlo, desperdiciadla desperdiciadnos desperdiciaos desperdiciadlos, desperdiciadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desperdicien
dative desperdícienme not used desperdícienle desperdíciennos not used desperdícienles, desperdíciense
accusative desperdícienme not used desperdícienlo, desperdícienla desperdíciennos not used desperdícienlos, desperdícienlas, desperdíciense

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