κατασπαταλώ

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek κατασπαταλῶ (kataspatalô, “to live wastefully”).[1] By surface analysis, κατα- (kata-) +‎ σπαταλώ (spataló).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ta.spa.taˈlo/
  • Hyphenation: κα‧τα‧σπα‧τα‧λώ

Verb

κατασπαταλώ • (kataspataló) / κατασπαταλάω (past κατασπατάλησα, passive κατασπαταλιέμαι/κατασπαταλώμαι)

  1. (transitive) to squander, to waste, to fritter away

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • κατασπατάληση f (kataspatálisi)

References

  1. ^ κατασπαταλώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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