- malgastar
- v.to waste.Ella desbarata el dinero del esposo She squanders her husband's money.* * *malgastar► verbo transitivo1 to waste, squander* * *verb1) to waste2) squander* * *VT [+ tiempo, esfuerzo] to waste; [+ recursos, dinero] to squander, waste; [+ salud] to ruin* * *verbo transitivo <tiempo/esfuerzo> to waste; <dinero/herencia> to squander* * *= fritter away, squander.Ex. Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.Ex. By doing this, resources will be squandered.----* malgastar dinero = waste + money.* quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades = waste not, want not.* seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.* * *verbo transitivo <tiempo/esfuerzo> to waste; <dinero/herencia> to squander* * *= fritter away, squander.
Ex: Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.
Ex: By doing this, resources will be squandered.* malgastar dinero = waste + money.* quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades = waste not, want not.* seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.* * *malgastar [A1 ]vt‹tiempo/esfuerzo› to wastemalgastó su parte de la herencia she squandered her part of the inheritance* * *
malgastar (conjugate malgastar) verbo transitivo ‹tiempo/esfuerzo› to waste;
‹dinero/herencia› to squander
malgastar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to waste: no malgastes tus fuerzas, don't waste your energy
'malgastar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
derrochar
- desaprovechar
- desperdiciar
- tirar
- gastar
English:
fritter away
- squander
- waste
- fritter
* * *malgastar vt[dinero, tiempo] to waste* * *malgastarv/t waste* * *malgastar vt: to squander (resources), to waste (time, effort)* * *malgastar vb to waste
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.