despilfarrar

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

(transitive) to squander
Synonyms: farrear, derrochar, desperdiciar, malbaratar, malgastar

Conjugation

Conjugation of despilfarrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			despilfarrar
gerund			despilfarrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		despilfarrado		despilfarrada
		plural		despilfarrados		despilfarradas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	despilfarro	despilfarras^{^tú} despilfarrás^{^vos}	despilfarra	despilfarramos	despilfarráis	despilfarran
	imperfect	despilfarraba	despilfarrabas	despilfarraba	despilfarrábamos	despilfarrabais	despilfarraban
	preterite	despilfarré	despilfarraste	despilfarró	despilfarramos	despilfarrasteis	despilfarraron
	future	despilfarraré	despilfarrarás	despilfarrará	despilfarraremos	despilfarraréis	despilfarrarán
	conditional	despilfarraría	despilfarrarías	despilfarraría	despilfarraríamos	despilfarraríais	despilfarrarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	despilfarre	despilfarres^{^tú} despilfarrés^{^vos²}	despilfarre	despilfarremos	despilfarréis	despilfarren
	imperfect (ra)	despilfarrara	despilfarraras	despilfarrara	despilfarráramos	despilfarrarais	despilfarraran
	imperfect (se)	despilfarrase	despilfarrases	despilfarrase	despilfarrásemos	despilfarraseis	despilfarrasen
	future¹	despilfarrare	despilfarrares	despilfarrare	despilfarráremos	despilfarrareis	despilfarraren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		despilfarra^{^tú} despilfarrá^{^vos}	despilfarre	despilfarremos	despilfarrad	despilfarren
	negative		no despilfarres	no despilfarre	no despilfarremos	no despilfarréis	no despilfarren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

despilfarro