Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese despender; from Latin dispendere, present infinitive of dispendo (I spread; distribute), probably influenced by expendo (I pay out).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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)

  1. 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:
      aquelo pouco que ende habemos, os mesajeiros que por ello ban, cómeno todo e despéndenlo entre idas e veidas
      the little which we have there, the couriers that are send there for bringing it, they eat it and spend it back and forth
    Synonym: gastar
  2. to distribute
    Synonym: distribuír

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  • despender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • despend” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • despender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • despender” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese despender, from Latin dispendere.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pẽˈde(ʁ)/ [des.pẽˈde(h)], /d͡ʒis.pẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.pẽˈde(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.pẽˈde(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.pẽˈde(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.pẽˈde(ʁ)/ [deʃ.pẽˈde(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.pẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.pẽˈde(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pẽˈde(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: des‧pen‧der

Verb edit

despender (first-person singular present despendo, first-person singular preterite despendi, past participle despendido)

  1. to spend, to expend
    Synonym: gastar
  2. to distribute, to spread, to scatter
    Synonyms: distribuir, espalhar
  3. to employ, to exercise, to use
    Synonyms: empregar, exercer, usar

Conjugation edit