dilapidar

== 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) to dilapidate (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair) (figuratively) to dilapidate (to squander or waste) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== delapidação === Further reading === “dilapidar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “dilapidar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin dīlapidāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dilapiˈdaɾ/ [d̪i.la.piˈð̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: di‧la‧pi‧dar === Verb === dilapidar (first-person singular present dilapido, first-person singular preterite dilapidé, past participle dilapidado) to squander, to waste Synonyms: malgastar, despilfarrar, prodigar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “dilapidar”, 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