spend

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /spɛnd/
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• US, pin-pen-merger: /spɪnd/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /spend/
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• rhymes with -ɛnd
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• CMU ARPABET: S P EH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden English spend From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds āspendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). Doublet of expend. Cognate with Old High German spentōn (“to consume, use, spend”) (whence German spenden (“to donate, provide”)), Middle Dutch spenden (“to spend, dedicate”), Old Icelandic spenna (“to spend”).

182 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: харч (harč) — amount spent
• Esperanto: elspezo — amount spent
• Finnish: kulut — amount spent
• Italian: spesa — amount spent
• Portuguese: gasto — amount spent
• Bulgarian: разходи (razhodi) — expenditures
• Finnish: menot — expenditures
• Norwegian: lommepenger — expenditures
• Portuguese: gastos — expenditures
• Swedish: fickpengar — expenditures
• Finnish: mälli — discharged semen
• Finnish: satsi — discharged semen
• Portuguese: jato — discharged semen
• Albanian: prish — to pay out
• Southern Altai: ӱредер (üreder) — to pay out
• Southern Altai: тарадар (taradar) — to pay out
• Arabic: أَنْفَقَ (ʔanfaqa) — to pay out
• Arabic: صَرَفَ (ṣarafa) — to pay out
• Arabic: صرف (ṣaraf) — to pay out
• Arabic: صَرَف (ṣaraf) — to pay out
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܵܪܹܦ (ṣārēp) — to pay out
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܪܸܓ̰ (ḥarrij) — to pay out
• Assamese: খৰচ কৰ (khoros kor) — to pay out
• Azerbaijani: xərcləmək — to pay out
• Azerbaijani: sərf etmək — to pay out
• Belarusian: тра́ціць (trácicʹ) — to pay out
• Belarusian: выдава́ць (vydavácʹ) — to pay out
• Bulgarian: харча (harča) — to pay out
• Catalan: gastar — to pay out
• Chinese Mandarin: 花 (huā) — to pay out
• Czech: utrácet — to pay out
• Czech: utratit — to pay out
• Danish: give ud — to pay out
• Danish: spendere — to pay out
• Dutch: uitgeven — to pay out
• Dutch: spenderen — to pay out
• Esperanto: elspezi — to pay out
• Estonian: kulutama — to pay out
• Finnish: kuluttaa — to pay out
• Finnish: käyttää — to pay out
• French: dépenser — to pay out
• German: ausgeben — to pay out
• German: spendieren — to pay out
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (fraqiman) — to pay out
• Greek: ξοδεύω (xodévo) — to pay out
• Ancient Greek: ἀναλίσκω (analískō) — to pay out
• Ancient Greek: δαπανάω (dapanáō) — to pay out
• Hindi: ख़र्च करना (xarc karnā) — to pay out
• Hungarian: költ — to pay out
• Hungarian: elkölt — to pay out
• Icelandic: eyða — to pay out
• Ido: spensar — to pay out
• Indonesian: mengeluarkan — to pay out
• Indonesian: membelanjakan — to pay out
• Ingrian: hukata — to pay out
• Irish: caith — to pay out
• Italian: spendere — to pay out
• Japanese: 消費する (shōhi suru) — to pay out
• Khmer: ចំណាយ (cɑmnaay) — to pay out
• Korean: 쓰다 (sseuda) — to pay out
• Korean: 소비하다 (sobihada) — to pay out
• Korean: 들이다 (deurida) — to pay out
• Kumyk: сарп этмек (sarp etmek) — to pay out
• Kumyk: харжламакъ (xarjlamaq) — to pay out
• Kumyk: зая этмек (zaya etmek) — to pay out
• Kumyk: тас этмек (tas etmek) — to pay out
• Kumyk: ёкъ этмек (yoq etmek) — to pay out
• Lao: ຈ່າຍ (chāi) — to pay out
• Malay: belanja — to pay out
• Marathi: खर्च करणे (kharca karṇe) — to pay out
• Polish: wydawać — to pay out
• Polish: wydać — to pay out
• Portuguese: gastar — to pay out
• Romanian: cheltui — to pay out
• Russian: тра́тить (trátitʹ) — to pay out
• Russian: потра́тить (potrátitʹ) — to pay out
• Serbo-Croatian: тратити — to pay out
• Serbo-Croatian: tratiti — to pay out
• Spanish: gastar — to pay out
• Spanish: despender — to pay out
• Spanish: expender — to pay out
• Spanish: erogar — to pay out
• Swedish: spendera — to pay out
• Tagalog: gastusin — to pay out
• Thai: จับจ่าย (jàp-jàai) — to pay out
• Thai: ใช้จ่าย (chái-jàai) — to pay out
• Thai: ใช้ (chái) — to pay out
• Turkish: harcamak — to pay out
• Ukrainian: тра́тити (trátyty) — to pay out
• Ukrainian: витрача́ти (vytračáty) — to pay out
• Ukrainian: ви́тратити (výtratyty) — to pay out
• Venetan: spender — to pay out
• Vietnamese: tiêu — to pay out
• Bulgarian: изразходвам (izrazhodvam) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Bulgarian: изчерпвам (izčerpvam) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Catalan: gastar — to wear out, to exhaust
• Chinese Mandarin: 花 (huā) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Dutch: opgebruikt raken — to wear out, to exhaust
• Finnish: kuluttaa — to wear out, to exhaust
• Finnish: käyttää — to wear out, to exhaust
• Finnish: kuluttaa loppuun — to wear out, to exhaust
• Finnish: käyttää loppuun — to wear out, to exhaust
• German: verbrauchen — to wear out, to exhaust
• German: erschöpfen — to wear out, to exhaust
• German: aufzehren — to wear out, to exhaust
• Irish: caith — to wear out, to exhaust
• Italian: logorarsi — to wear out, to exhaust
• Italian: esaurirsi — to wear out, to exhaust
• Italian: placarsi — to wear out, to exhaust
• Portuguese: gastar — to wear out, to exhaust
• Romanian: cheltui — to wear out, to exhaust
• Russian: тра́тить (trátitʹ) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Russian: истра́тить (istrátitʹ) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Russian: расхо́довать (rasxódovatʹ) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Russian: израсхо́довать (izrasxódovatʹ) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Serbo-Croatian: тратити — to wear out, to exhaust
• Serbo-Croatian: tratiti — to wear out, to exhaust
• Ukrainian: витрача́ти (vytračáty) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Ukrainian: ви́тратити (výtratyty) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Ukrainian: висна́жувати (vysnážuvaty) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Ukrainian: ви́снажити (výsnažyty) — to wear out, to exhaust
• Arabic: قَضَى (qaḍā) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Arabic: قعد (qiʕid) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܥܒ݂ܸܪ (maˁḇir) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܲܦܸܩ (nappiq) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Assamese: কটা (kota) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Azerbaijani: sərf etmək — to consume, to use up (time)
• Azerbaijani: keçirmək — to consume, to use up (time)
• Bulgarian: консумирам (konsumiram) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Catalan: passar — to consume, to use up (time)
• Chinese Mandarin: 度過 /度过 (dùguò) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Chinese Mandarin: 度 (dù) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Ngazidja Comorian: upvitsa — to consume, to use up (time)
• Czech: trávit — to consume, to use up (time)
• Danish: bruge — to consume, to use up (time)
• Dutch: besteden — to consume, to use up (time)
• Dutch: doorbrengen — to consume, to use up (time)
• Dutch: spenderen — to consume, to use up (time)
• Esperanto: pasigi — to consume, to use up (time)
• Esperanto: travivi — to consume, to use up (time)
• Finnish: viettää — to consume, to use up (time)
• Finnish: kuluttaa — to consume, to use up (time)
• Finnish: käyttää — to consume, to use up (time)
• French: passer — to consume, to use up (time)
• German: verbringen — to consume, to use up (time)
• Ancient Greek: διάγω (diágō) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Hebrew: לְבַלּוֹת (levalót) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Hebrew: לִנְפֹּשׁ (linpósh) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Hungarian: tölt — to consume, to use up (time)
• Ido: spensar — to consume, to use up (time)
• Irish: caith — to consume, to use up (time)
• Italian: passare — to consume, to use up (time)
• Italian: consumare — to consume, to use up (time)
• Italian: impiegare — to consume, to use up (time)
• Japanese: 過ごす (sugosu) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Japanese: 暮らす (kurasu) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Korean: 보내다 (bonaeda) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Korean: 들이다 (deurida) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Lithuanian: leisti — to consume, to use up (time)
• Lithuanian: praleisti — to consume, to use up (time)
• Norwegian: bruke — to consume, to use up (time)
• Old English: āspendan — to consume, to use up (time)
• Old English: ādrēogan — to consume, to use up (time)
• Persian: سپنج کردن (sepanj kardan) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Polish: spędzać — to consume, to use up (time)
• Polish: spędzić — to consume, to use up (time)
• Portuguese: passar — to consume, to use up (time)
• Russian: проводи́ть (provodítʹ) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Russian: провести́ (provestí) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Serbo-Croatian: проводити — to consume, to use up (time)
• Serbo-Croatian: provoditi — to consume, to use up (time)
• Spanish: pasar — to consume, to use up (time)
• Spanish: pernoctar — to consume, to use up (time)
• Swedish: tillbringa — to consume, to use up (time)
• Swedish: ägna — to consume, to use up (time)
• Swedish: spendera — to consume, to use up (time)
• Swedish: lägga — to consume, to use up (time)
• Swedish: lägga ner — to consume, to use up (time)
• Turkish: harcamak — to consume, to use up (time)
• Turkish: geçirmek — to consume, to use up (time)
• Ukrainian: проводити (provodyty) — to consume, to use up (time)
• Welsh: treulio — to consume, to use up (time)