spesa

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspe.za/, (traditional) /ˈspe.sa/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
  • Hyphenation: spé‧sa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expēnsus, from expendere. Compare Sicilian spisa, Venetan spexa, Romansch spaisa, spesa, Friulian spese, Ladin speisa, spëisa, Piedmontese spèisa, Old French espoise.

Noun

spesa f (plural spese)

  1. expense; expenditure; spending; cost; charge
    Synonyms: costo, uscita
    spesa imprevistaincidental expense
  2. shopping; purchase; buy
    Synonyms: compera, acquisto
    fare la spesato go shopping
  3. groceries

Etymology 2

Verb

spesa

  1. inflection of spesare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

spesa f sg

  1. feminine singular of speso

Adjective

spesa

  1. feminine singular of speso

References

  1. ^ spesa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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