desperdiciar

== Spanish == === Etymology === From desperdicio +‎ -ar, from Late Latin disperditiāre (“losing”), from Latin disperdō (“to lose completely”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /despeɾdiˈθjaɾ/ [d̪es.peɾ.ð̞iˈθjaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /despeɾdiˈsjaɾ/ [d̪es.peɾ.ð̞iˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: des‧per‧di‧ciar === Verb === desperdiciar (first-person singular present desperdicio, first-person singular preterite desperdicié, past participle desperdiciado) (transitive) to waste Synonyms: farrear, derrochar, despilfarrar, malbaratar, malgastar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: desperdiçar === Further reading === “desperdiciar”, 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