despilfarrar

Spanish

Etymology

From pelfa, variant of felpa (“rag”, literally “felt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /despilfaˈraɾ/ [d̪es.pil.faˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧pil‧fa‧rrar

Verb

despilfarrar (first-person singular present despilfarro, first-person singular preterite despilfarré, past participle despilfarrado)

  1. (transitive) to squander
    Synonyms: farrear, derrochar, desperdiciar, malbaratar, malgastar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of despilfarrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive despilfarrar
gerund despilfarrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular despilfarrado despilfarrada
plural despilfarrados despilfarradas
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 despilfarro despilfarrastú
despilfarrásvos		 despilfarra despilfarramos despilfarráis despilfarran
imperfect despilfarraba despilfarrabas despilfarraba despilfarrábamos despilfarrabais despilfarraban
preterite despilfarré despilfarraste despilfarró despilfarramos despilfarrasteis despilfarraron
future despilfarraré despilfarrarás despilfarrará despilfarraremos despilfarraréis despilfarrarán
conditional despilfarraría despilfarrarías despilfarraría despilfarraríamos despilfarraríais despilfarrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present despilfarre despilfarrestú
despilfarrésvos2		 despilfarre despilfarremos despilfarréis despilfarren
imperfect
(ra)		 despilfarrara despilfarraras despilfarrara despilfarráramos despilfarrarais despilfarraran
imperfect
(se)		 despilfarrase despilfarrases despilfarrase despilfarrásemos despilfarraseis despilfarrasen
future1 despilfarrare despilfarrares despilfarrare despilfarráremos despilfarrareis despilfarraren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative despilfarratú
despilfarrávos		 despilfarre despilfarremos despilfarrad despilfarren
negative no despilfarres no despilfarre no despilfarremos no despilfarréis no despilfarren

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

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