desperdicio
See also: desperdício and desperdició
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /despeɾˈdiθjo/ [d̪es.peɾˈð̞i.θjo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /despeɾˈdisjo/ [d̪es.peɾˈð̞i.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: des‧per‧di‧cio
Etymology 1
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin disperditiōnem (“destruction, ruin”).
Noun
desperdicio m (plural desperdicios)
- waste
- Synonyms: desecho, derroche, disipación
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: desperdício
Etymology 2
Verb
desperdicio
- first-person singular present indicative of desperdiciar
Further reading
- “desperdicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024