dilapidar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin dīlapidāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.lɐ.piˈdaɾ/ [di.lɐ.piˈðaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /di.lɐ.piˈda.ɾi/ [di.lɐ.piˈða.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: di‧la‧pi‧dar
Verb
dilapidar (first-person singular present dilapido, first-person singular preterite dilapidei, past participle dilapidado)
- to dilapidate (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
- (figuratively) to dilapidate (to squander or waste)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dilapidar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- delapidação
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dīlapidāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dilapiˈdaɾ/ [d̪i.la.piˈð̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: di‧la‧pi‧dar
Verb
dilapidar (first-person singular present dilapido, first-person singular preterite dilapidé, past participle dilapidado)
- to squander, to waste
- Synonyms: malgastar, despilfarrar, prodigar
Conjugation
Conjugation of dilapidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of dilapidar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive dilapidar | dative | dilapidarme | dilapidarte | dilapidarle, dilapidarse | dilapidarnos | dilapidaros | dilapidarles, dilapidarse |
accusative | dilapidarme | dilapidarte | dilapidarlo, dilapidarla, dilapidarse | dilapidarnos | dilapidaros | dilapidarlos, dilapidarlas, dilapidarse | |
with gerund dilapidando | dative | dilapidándome | dilapidándote | dilapidándole, dilapidándose | dilapidándonos | dilapidándoos | dilapidándoles, dilapidándose |
accusative | dilapidándome | dilapidándote | dilapidándolo, dilapidándola, dilapidándose | dilapidándonos | dilapidándoos | dilapidándolos, dilapidándolas, dilapidándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dilapida | dative | dilapídame | dilapídate | dilapídale | dilapídanos | not used | dilapídales |
accusative | dilapídame | dilapídate | dilapídalo, dilapídala | dilapídanos | not used | dilapídalos, dilapídalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dilapidá | dative | dilapidame | dilapidate | dilapidale | dilapidanos | not used | dilapidales |
accusative | dilapidame | dilapidate | dilapidalo, dilapidala | dilapidanos | not used | dilapidalos, dilapidalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative dilapide | dative | dilapídeme | not used | dilapídele, dilapídese | dilapídenos | not used | dilapídeles |
accusative | dilapídeme | not used | dilapídelo, dilapídela, dilapídese | dilapídenos | not used | dilapídelos, dilapídelas | |
with first-person plural imperative dilapidemos | dative | not used | dilapidémoste | dilapidémosle | dilapidémonos | dilapidémoos | dilapidémosles |
accusative | not used | dilapidémoste | dilapidémoslo, dilapidémosla | dilapidémonos | dilapidémoos | dilapidémoslos, dilapidémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative dilapidad | dative | dilapidadme | not used | dilapidadle | dilapidadnos | dilapidaos | dilapidadles |
accusative | dilapidadme | not used | dilapidadlo, dilapidadla | dilapidadnos | dilapidaos | dilapidadlos, dilapidadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative dilapiden | dative | dilapídenme | not used | dilapídenle | dilapídennos | not used | dilapídenles, dilapídense |
accusative | dilapídenme | not used | dilapídenlo, dilapídenla | dilapídennos | not used | dilapídenlos, dilapídenlas, dilapídense |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “dilapidar”, 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