despender

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese despender; from Latin dispendere, present infinitive of dispendo (“I spread; distribute”), probably influenced by expendo (“I pay out”).

• IPA^(key): /despenˈdeɾ/

despender (first-person singular present despendo, first-person singular preterite despendín, past participle despendido)

1. to spend, to expend
   • 1348, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 322:

     aquelo pouco que ende habemos, os mesajeiros que por ello ban, cómeno todo e despéndenlo entre idas e veidas

     the little which we have there, the couriers that are send there for bringing it, they eat it and spend it back and forth

   Synonym: gastar

2. to distribute

   Synonym: distribuír

• despensa

• “despender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “despend” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “despender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “despender” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From Old Portuguese despender, from Latin dispendere, present infinitive of dispendo.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pẽ.ˈdeɾ/
• Hyphenation: des‧pen‧der

despender (first-person singular present indicative despendo, past participle despendido)

1. to spend, to expend