gastarse

gastarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (desgastarse) to wear out

■ se le han gastado los zapatos his shoes are worn out

2 (consumirse) to run out

■ se nos ha gastado toda la gasolina we've run out of petrol

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VPR

1) (=consumirse) [pilas] to run out; [vela] to burn down

así se gastan antes las pilas — the batteries run out sooner that way

2) (=desgastarse) [suelas, neumáticos] to wear, wear out; [tacones] to wear down

3) Esp [enfático] [+ dinero] to spend

se lo gasta todo en música — he spends all his money on music

se gastó 400 euros solo en zapatos — she got through o spent 400 euros just on shoes

4) [enfático]

(=tener)

¡vaya genio que te gastas! — what a filthy temper you've got!

es increíble la intolerancia que se gastan algunas personas — it's amazing how intolerant some people are

¡vaya humos se gasta la señora! — she's so stuck up!

hay que tener cuidado con las bromas que se gasta ese — you have to watch out for the jokes he plays on people

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■gastarse verbo reflexivo
1 (desgastarse) to wear out
2 (consumirse) to run out
'gastarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desgastar
- gastar
- ir
- jugar
English:
lash out
- spree
- wear out
- get
- go
- wear

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vpr

1. [deteriorarse, desgastarse] to wear out

2. [consumirse] to run out;

se nos ha gastado el aceite we've run out of oil;

se gastó toda el agua que teníamos we've used up all the water we had;

se han gastado las pilas the batteries have run out o gone dead

3. [dinero] to spend;

nos gastamos veinte pesos en comida we spent twenty pesos on food

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gastarse

v/r

1 dinero spend

2 de gasolina, agua run out; de pila run down

3 de ropa, zapatos wear out

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vr

1) : to spend, to expend

2) : to run down, to wear out

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gastarse vb

1. (ropa, etc) to wear out [pt. wore; pp. worn]

las suelas de los zapatos se han gastado the soles of my shoes have worn out

2. (comida, etc) to run out [pt. ran; pp. run]

se ha gastado todo el café the coffee has run out / there is no coffee left