"to spend (money)" in sette lingue
Significatoto spend (money)
Spagnolo
/gasˈtaɾ/
altra origine · Latin VASTĀRE 'to lay waste', with g- from a Germanic cognate
Spending time is pasar: pasé el verano en Roma.
Francese
/depɑ̃se/
altra origine · Latin DISPENSĀRE 'to weigh out, distribute'
Spending time is passer.
Italiano
/ˈspɛndere/
ereditaria
Spending time is passare.
Portoghese
/ɡasˈtah/
altra origine · Latin VASTĀRE 'to lay waste', with g- from a Germanic cognate
Rumeno
/keltuˈi/
altra origine · Hungarian költeni 'to spend'
Catalano
/ɡəsˈta/
altra origine · Latin VASTĀRE 'to lay waste', with g- from a Germanic cognate
Inglese
/spɛnd/
dal latino/francese · Old English -spendan, an early borrowing of Latin EXPENDERE (or DISPENDERE)
L’antenato latino
EXPENDERE‘to weigh out, to pay out (EX + PENDERE 'to weigh')’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Romans paid by weighing out metal, so 'to weigh out' became 'to spend'. Italian kept EXPENDERE, French a sister verb, and Spanish a verb meaning 'to waste'.
Parenti inglesi: expend, expense, expensive, dispense
Imparala
In una frase
- esGasto demasiado dinero en libros.
- frJe dépense trop d'argent en livres.
- itSpendo troppi soldi in libri.
- ptGasto dinheiro demais com livros.
- roCheltuiesc prea mulți bani pe cărți.
- caGasto massa diners en llibres.
- enI spend too much money on books.
Altro in "Verbi fondamentali"
- to allow, to permitpermitirpermettrepermetteredeixarlăsadeixar
- to beat (defeat)vencerbattrebatterevencerbatevèncer
- to expectesperars'attendre àaspettarsiesperarse așteptaesperar
- to describedescribirdécriredescriveredescreverdescriedescriure
- to join (put together)juntarjoindreunirejuntaruniajuntar
- to considerconsiderarconsidérerconsiderareconsiderarconsideraconsiderar