despender
Portuguese, verb/des.pẽˈde(ʁ)/
despender is spelled D-E-S-P-E-N-D-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to spend, to expend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer dispêndio de”.
What does despender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spend, to expend
- 2
to distribute, to spread, to scatter
- 3
to employ, to exercise, to use
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer dispêndio de 2. gastar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of despender
- despendo first-person present singular
- despendi first-person preterite singular
- despendido participle past
- despenderes infinitive second-person singular
- despendermos first-person infinitive plural
- despenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- despenderem infinitive plural third-person
- despendendo gerund
- despendidos masculine participle past
- despendida feminine participle past
- despendidas feminine participle past
- despendes indicative present second-person
- despende indicative present singular
- despendemos first-person indicative plural
- despendeis indicative plural present
- despendem indicative plural present
- despendia first-person imperfect indicative
- despendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despender?
- Brazil /des.pẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.pẽˈde(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.pẽˈde(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despender in Portuguese?
despender appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).