gastar
Spanish, verb/ɡasˈtaɾ/
gastar is spelled G-A-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,184th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gastar is a Spanish verb meaning “to spend (money, time, resources)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Provocar el consumo, deterioro o destrucción de algo por el uso”.
What does gastar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spend (money, time, resources)
- 2
to wear, wear out (deteriorate by using)
- 3
to use up, to expend, to consume (energy, water etc.)
- 4
to play, pull (pranks)
A mi primo le gusta gastar bromas a la gente.
- 5
to have or wear
- 6
to waste (e.g. gas, money, energy, one's breath)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Provocar el consumo, deterioro o destrucción de algo por el uso. 2. Usar el dinero consumiéndolo o agotándolo. 3. Utilizar algo que disminuye o se acaba con el uso. 4. Tener una determinada actitud, en particular si es negativa.
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 gastar
- gasto first-person present singular
- gasté first-person preterite singular
- gastado participle past
- gastando gerund
- gastada feminine participle past
- gastados masculine participle past
- gastadas feminine participle past
- gastas indicative informal present
- gastás indicative informal present
- gasta indicative present singular
- gastamos first-person indicative plural
- gastáis indicative plural present
- gastan indicative plural present
- gastaba first-person imperfect indicative
- gastabas imperfect indicative second-person
- gastábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- gastabais imperfect indicative plural
- gastaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gastar?
- /ɡasˈtaɾ/
- [ɡasˈt̪aɾ]
- [gasˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gastar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gastar in Spanish?
gastar appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).