sprecare

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *disperdicāre, from Latin disperdere[1], or from Vulgar Latin *dispergicāre, iterative of Latin dispergere[2], or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *exprecāre ("drive into ruin"), from Latin ex- + precāri, present active infinitive of precor[3].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spreˈka.re/

Verb

sprecare

  1. (transitive) to waste
  2. (transitive) to squander

Conjugation

References

  1. sprecàre in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  2. sprecare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  3. sprecare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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