dispensa
See also: dispensá
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Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dīspēnsa, feminine past participle of dīspendō, from Latin dis- + pendō.
Noun
dispensa f (plural dispense)
- distribution, handing out
- larder, pantry
- 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XXI, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 147:
- All'ora di pranzo pensò di prepararsi qualcosa, ma la sua dispensa era sfornita. Sostiene Pereira di aver pensato che magari poteva mangiare un boccone al Café Orquídea, anche tardi, e poi andare al giornale.
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- (furniture) sideboard
- Synonym: buffet
- instalment
- exemption, dispensation (from)
Related terms
Verb
dispensa
- third-person singular present indicative of dispensare
- second-person singular imperative of dispensare
Latin
References
- dispensa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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