estalviar

From estalvi +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.təl.βiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.təl.viˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.tal.viˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

estalviar (first-person singular present estalvio, first-person singular preterite estalvií, past participle estalviat)

1. (transitive) to save (to conserve or prevent the wasting of)

   Synonyms: aforrar, salvar, preservar

   • 2020 March 5, “Recliclar té premi!”, in Time Out Barcelona‎^[1], volume 587, page 15:

     Reciclant una ampolla de plàstic s'estalvia energia per mantenir una bombeta de 60W encesa durant una hora i mitja.

     Recycling a plastic bottle saves [enough] energy to keep a 60W lightbulb lit for an hour and a half.

2. (transitive) to avoid, shirk

   Synonyms: evitar, plànyer

   Es va estalviar la paperassa. ― The paperwork was avoided.

• estalviada
• estalviador

• “estalviar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “estalviar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “estalviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “estalviar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• estauviar

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estalviar

1. to save (accumulate money)

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