desperdicio

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See also: desperdício and desperdició

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /despeɾˈdiθjo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /despeɾˈdisjo/
  • Rhymes: -iθjo
  • Rhymes: -isjo
  • Syllabification: des‧per‧di‧cio

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin disperditiōnem (“destruction, ruin”).

Noun

desperdicio m (plural desperdicios)

  1. waste
    Synonyms: desecho, derroche, disipación
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: desperdício

Etymology 2

Verb

desperdicio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of desperdiciar

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