despesa

Catalan

Etymology

From despendre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [dəsˈpɛ.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəsˈpə.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [desˈpe.za]
  • Rhymes: -ɛza

Noun

despesa f (plural despeses)

  1. expenditure, expense

Participle

despesa f sg

  1. feminine singular of despès

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese despesa, despensa, from Late Latin dispēnsa, from Latin dispēnsō. Doublet of despensa and dispensa.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈpe.zɐ/, /d͡ʒisˈpe.zɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃˈpe.zɐ/, /d͡ʒiʃˈpe.zɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈpe.za/

  • Rhymes: -ezɐ
  • Hyphenation: des‧pe‧sa

Noun

despesa f (plural despesas)

  1. expense
  2. charge, cost

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:despesa.