expendio
Spanish, noun
expendio is spelled E-X-P-E-N-D-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expendio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wholesale commerce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, expendió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of expender”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Venta al por menor”.
What does expendio mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinewholesale commerce
- 2
Latin-Americamasculinedime store, corner shop
- 3
masculineexpense; expenditure
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of expender
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Venta al por menor. 2. Tienda en donde se vende al por menor. 3. Lugar en donde se venden y consumen bebidas alcohólicas, sobre todo para referir a aquellos que están legalmente autorizados. 4. Gasto, dispendio, consumo.
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 expendio
- expendios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to expendio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expendio in Spanish?
expendio appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).