despender
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)
- 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
- 1348, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 322:
- to distribute
- Synonym: distribuír
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of despender
Related terms edit
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
- Hyphenation: des‧pen‧der
Verb edit
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
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of despender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)