dilapidar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dīlapidāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: di‧la‧pi‧dar

Verb

dilapidar (first-person singular present dilapido, first-person singular preterite dilapidei, past participle dilapidado)

  1. to dilapidate (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
  2. (figuratively) to dilapidate (to squander or waste)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dilapidar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal dilapidar
Personal dilapidar dilapidares dilapidar dilapidarmos dilapidardes dilapidarem
Gerund
dilapidando
Past participle
Masculine dilapidado dilapidados
Feminine dilapidada dilapidadas
Indicative
Present dilapido dilapidas dilapida dilapidamos dilapidais dilapidam
Imperfect dilapidava dilapidavas dilapidava dilapidávamos dilapidáveis dilapidavam
Preterite dilapidei dilapidaste dilapidou dilapidamos1, dilapidámos2 dilapidastes dilapidaram
Pluperfect dilapidara dilapidaras dilapidara dilapidáramos dilapidáreis dilapidaram
Future dilapidarei dilapidarás dilapidará dilapidaremos dilapidareis dilapidarão
Conditional dilapidaria dilapidarias dilapidaria dilapidaríamos dilapidaríeis dilapidariam
Subjunctive
Present dilapide dilapides dilapide dilapidemos dilapideis dilapidem
Imperfect dilapidasse dilapidasses dilapidasse dilapidássemos dilapidásseis dilapidassem
Future dilapidar dilapidares dilapidar dilapidarmos dilapidardes dilapidarem
Imperative
Affirmative dilapida dilapide dilapidemos dilapidai dilapidem
Negative (não) não dilapides não dilapide não dilapidemos não dilapideis não dilapidem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīlapidāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dilapiˈdaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: di‧la‧pi‧dar

Verb

dilapidar (first-person singular present dilapido, first-person singular preterite dilapidé, past participle dilapidado)

  1. to squander, to waste
    Synonym: malgastar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dilapidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive dilapidar
gerund dilapidando
past participle masculine feminine
singular dilapidado dilapidada
plural dilapidados dilapidadas
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 dilapido dilapidastú
dilapidásvos 		dilapida dilapidamos dilapidáis dilapidan
imperfect dilapidaba dilapidabas dilapidaba dilapidábamos dilapidabais dilapidaban
preterite dilapidé dilapidaste dilapidó dilapidamos dilapidasteis dilapidaron
future dilapidaré dilapidarás dilapidará dilapidaremos dilapidaréis dilapidarán
conditional dilapidaría dilapidarías dilapidaría dilapidaríamos dilapidaríais dilapidarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present dilapide dilapidestú
dilapidésvos2 		dilapide dilapidemos dilapidéis dilapiden
imperfect
(ra) 		dilapidara dilapidaras dilapidara dilapidáramos dilapidarais dilapidaran
imperfect
(se) 		dilapidase dilapidases dilapidase dilapidásemos dilapidaseis dilapidasen
future1 dilapidare dilapidares dilapidare dilapidáremos dilapidareis dilapidaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative dilapidatú
dilapidávos 		dilapide dilapidemos dilapidad dilapiden
negative no dilapides no dilapide no dilapidemos no dilapidéis no dilapiden

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

    Selected combined forms of dilapidar

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 dilapidar
dative dilapidarme dilapidarte dilapidarle, dilapidarse dilapidarnos dilapidaros dilapidarles, dilapidarse
accusative dilapidarme dilapidarte dilapidarlo, dilapidarla, dilapidarse dilapidarnos dilapidaros dilapidarlos, dilapidarlas, dilapidarse
with gerund dilapidando
dative dilapidándome dilapidándote dilapidándole, dilapidándose dilapidándonos dilapidándoos dilapidándoles, dilapidándose
accusative dilapidándome dilapidándote dilapidándolo, dilapidándola, dilapidándose dilapidándonos dilapidándoos dilapidándolos, dilapidándolas, dilapidándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dilapida
dative dilapídame dilapídate dilapídale dilapídanos not used dilapídales
accusative dilapídame dilapídate dilapídalo, dilapídala dilapídanos not used dilapídalos, dilapídalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dilapidá
dative dilapidame dilapidate dilapidale dilapidanos not used dilapidales
accusative dilapidame dilapidate dilapidalo, dilapidala dilapidanos not used dilapidalos, dilapidalas
with formal second-person singular imperative dilapide
dative dilapídeme not used dilapídele, dilapídese dilapídenos not used dilapídeles
accusative dilapídeme not used dilapídelo, dilapídela, dilapídese dilapídenos not used dilapídelos, dilapídelas
with first-person plural imperative dilapidemos
dative not used dilapidémoste dilapidémosle dilapidémonos dilapidémoos dilapidémosles
accusative not used dilapidémoste dilapidémoslo, dilapidémosla dilapidémonos dilapidémoos dilapidémoslos, dilapidémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dilapidad
dative dilapidadme not used dilapidadle dilapidadnos dilapidaos dilapidadles
accusative dilapidadme not used dilapidadlo, dilapidadla dilapidadnos dilapidaos dilapidadlos, dilapidadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dilapiden
dative dilapídenme not used dilapídenle dilapídennos not used dilapídenles, dilapídense
accusative dilapídenme not used dilapídenlo, dilapídenla dilapídennos not used dilapídenlos, dilapídenlas, dilapídense

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