el
masculine
/ˈɡasto/
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Translation
expense, spending
Word origin
From the verb gastar ('to spend, to use up'), which comes from Latin vastare ('to lay waste, to ravage'), from vastus ('empty, vast'). The same Latin root gives English 'waste' and 'vast'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- vastare
- English cognates
- waste, vast
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralgastos
Examples
.
The household spending is very high this year.
¿ ?
Can you control your spending this month?
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That trip was an enormous expense.
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We write down every expense in a notebook.
¡ innecesario!
What an unnecessary expense!
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