despilfarrar

From pelfa, variant of felpa (“rag”, literally “felt”).

• IPA^(key): /despilfaˈraɾ/ [d̪es.pil.faˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧pil‧fa‧rrar

despilfarrar (first-person singular present despilfarro, first-person singular preterite despilfarré, past participle despilfarrado)

1. (transitive) to squander

   Synonyms: farrear, derrochar, desperdiciar, malbaratar, malgastar

• “despilfarrar”, 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