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Spanish
Etymology
From dilapidar + -dor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dilapidaˈdoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: di‧la‧pi‧da‧dor
Adjective
dilapidador (feminine dilapidadora, masculine plural dilapidadores, feminine plural dilapidadoras)
- wasteful, profligate
2015 July 18, “Populismo y realidad”, in El País:De otro modo además, el lenguaje tecnocrático condena a la UE a aparecer como el malo de la película, olvidando que el primer protagonista del crimen fue la gestión dilapidadora de sucesivos gobiernos griegos, desde la evasión fiscal a las oficinas de representación exterior, despropósito económico que como en el caso de la euforia española por el ladrillo, de Aznar a Zapatero, hizo inevitable el desplome.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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