dispendioso
Portuguese, adjective/d͡ʒis.pẽ.d͡ʒiˈo.zu/
dispendioso is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-D-I-O-S-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dispendioso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “spendthrift, wasteful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que demanda dispêndio; caro, custoso, oneroso”.
What does dispendioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spendthrift, wasteful
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que demanda dispêndio; caro, custoso, oneroso 2. trabalhoso
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 dispendioso
- dispendiosa feminine
- dispendiosos masculine plural
- dispendiosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dispendioso?
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.pẽ.d͡ʒiˈo.zu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.pẽˈd͡ʒjo.zu/
- /d͡ʒiʃ.pẽ.d͡ʒiˈo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dispendioso in Portuguese?
dispendioso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).