despender

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese despender; from Latin dispendere, present infinitive of dispendo (“to spread; distribute”), probably influenced by expendo (“to pay out”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /despenˈdeɾ/ === Verb === despender (first-person singular present despendo, first-person singular preterite despendín, past participle despendido) despender (first-person singular present despendo, first-person singular preterite despendim or despendi, past participle despendido, reintegrationist norm) to spend, to expend 1348, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 322: Synonym: gastar to distribute Synonym: distribuír ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== despensa === References === “despender”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “despender”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “despender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “despender”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “despender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “despender”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese despender, from Latin dispendere. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: des‧pen‧der === Verb === despender (first-person singular present despendo, first-person singular preterite despendi, past participle despendido) to spend, to expend Synonym: gastar to distribute, to spread, to scatter Synonyms: distribuir, espalhar to employ, to exercise, to use Synonyms: empregar, exercer, usar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “despender”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “despender”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin dispendere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /despenˈdeɾ/ [d̪es.pẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ] Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: des‧pen‧der === Verb === despender (first-person singular present despendo, first-person singular preterite despendí, past participle despendido) (archaic) to spend ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “despender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025