dispendioso
Spanish, adjective/dispenˈdjoso/
dispendioso is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-D-I-O-S-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dispendioso is a Spanish adjective meaning “spendthrift, wasteful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que cuesta mucho”.
What does dispendioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spendthrift, wasteful
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que cuesta mucho. 2. Dicho de una persona, propensa a gastar dinero.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dispendioso
- dispendiosa feminine
- dispendiosos masculine plural
- dispendiosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dispendioso?
- /dispenˈdjoso/
- [d̪is.pẽn̪ˈd̪jo.so]
- [d̪ispẽn̪ˈd̪joso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dispendioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dispendioso in Spanish?
dispendioso appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).