dilapidar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dīlapidāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.la.piˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.lɐ.piˈdaɾ/ [di.lɐ.piˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.lɐ.piˈdaɾ/ [di.lɐ.piˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.lɐ.piˈda.ɾi/ [di.lɐ.piˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: di‧la‧pi‧dar

Verb

dilapidar (first-person singular present dilapido, first-person singular preterite dilapidei, past participle dilapidado)

1. to dilapidate (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
2. (figuratively) to dilapidate (to squander or waste)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dilapidar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	dilapidar
Personal	dilapidar	dilapidares	dilapidar	dilapidarmos	dilapidardes	dilapidarem
Gerund
	dilapidando
Past participle
Masculine	dilapidado			dilapidados
Feminine	dilapidada			dilapidadas
Indicative
Present	dilapido	dilapidas	dilapida	dilapidamos	dilapidais	dilapidam
Imperfect	dilapidava	dilapidavas	dilapidava	dilapidávamos	dilapidáveis	dilapidavam
Preterite	dilapidei	dilapidaste	dilapidou	dilapidamos1, dilapidámos2	dilapidastes	dilapidaram
Pluperfect	dilapidara	dilapidaras	dilapidara	dilapidáramos	dilapidáreis	dilapidaram
Future	dilapidarei	dilapidarás	dilapidará	dilapidaremos	dilapidareis	dilapidarão
Conditional	dilapidaria	dilapidarias	dilapidaria	dilapidaríamos	dilapidaríeis	dilapidariam
Subjunctive
Present	dilapide	dilapides	dilapide	dilapidemos	dilapideis	dilapidem
Imperfect	dilapidasse	dilapidasses	dilapidasse	dilapidássemos	dilapidásseis	dilapidassem
Future	dilapidar	dilapidares	dilapidar	dilapidarmos	dilapidardes	dilapidarem
Imperative
Affirmative		dilapida	dilapide	dilapidemos	dilapidai	dilapidem
Negative (não)		não dilapides	não dilapide	não dilapidemos	não dilapideis	não dilapidem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• delapidação

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīlapidāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dilapiˈdaɾ/ [d̪i.la.piˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧la‧pi‧dar

Verb

dilapidar (first-person singular present dilapido, first-person singular preterite dilapidé, past participle dilapidado)

1. to squander, to waste

   Synonym: malgastar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dilapidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			dilapidar
gerund			dilapidando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dilapidado		dilapidada
		plural		dilapidados		dilapidadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dilapido	dilapidastú dilapidásvos	dilapida	dilapidamos	dilapidáis	dilapidan
	imperfect	dilapidaba	dilapidabas	dilapidaba	dilapidábamos	dilapidabais	dilapidaban
	preterite	dilapidé	dilapidaste	dilapidó	dilapidamos	dilapidasteis	dilapidaron
	future	dilapidaré	dilapidarás	dilapidará	dilapidaremos	dilapidaréis	dilapidarán
	conditional	dilapidaría	dilapidarías	dilapidaría	dilapidaríamos	dilapidaríais	dilapidarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dilapide	dilapidestú dilapidésvos2	dilapide	dilapidemos	dilapidéis	dilapiden
	imperfect (ra)	dilapidara	dilapidaras	dilapidara	dilapidáramos	dilapidarais	dilapidaran
	imperfect (se)	dilapidase	dilapidases	dilapidase	dilapidásemos	dilapidaseis	dilapidasen
	future1	dilapidare	dilapidares	dilapidare	dilapidáremos	dilapidareis	dilapidaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dilapidatú dilapidávos	dilapide	dilapidemos	dilapidad	dilapiden
	negative		no dilapides	no dilapide	no dilapidemos	no dilapidéis	no dilapiden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of dilapidar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive dilapidar
	dative	dilapidarme	dilapidarte	dilapidarle, dilapidarse	dilapidarnos	dilapidaros	dilapidarles, dilapidarse
	accusative	dilapidarme	dilapidarte	dilapidarlo, dilapidarla, dilapidarse	dilapidarnos	dilapidaros	dilapidarlos, dilapidarlas, dilapidarse
with gerund dilapidando
	dative	dilapidándome	dilapidándote	dilapidándole, dilapidándose	dilapidándonos	dilapidándoos	dilapidándoles, dilapidándose
	accusative	dilapidándome	dilapidándote	dilapidándolo, dilapidándola, dilapidándose	dilapidándonos	dilapidándoos	dilapidándolos, dilapidándolas, dilapidándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dilapida
	dative	dilapídame	dilapídate	dilapídale	dilapídanos	not used	dilapídales
	accusative	dilapídame	dilapídate	dilapídalo, dilapídala	dilapídanos	not used	dilapídalos, dilapídalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dilapidá
	dative	dilapidame	dilapidate	dilapidale	dilapidanos	not used	dilapidales
	accusative	dilapidame	dilapidate	dilapidalo, dilapidala	dilapidanos	not used	dilapidalos, dilapidalas
with formal second-person singular imperative dilapide
	dative	dilapídeme	not used	dilapídele, dilapídese	dilapídenos	not used	dilapídeles
	accusative	dilapídeme	not used	dilapídelo, dilapídela, dilapídese	dilapídenos	not used	dilapídelos, dilapídelas
with first-person plural imperative dilapidemos
	dative	not used	dilapidémoste	dilapidémosle	dilapidémonos	dilapidémoos	dilapidémosles
	accusative	not used	dilapidémoste	dilapidémoslo, dilapidémosla	dilapidémonos	dilapidémoos	dilapidémoslos, dilapidémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dilapidad
	dative	dilapidadme	not used	dilapidadle	dilapidadnos	dilapidaos	dilapidadles
	accusative	dilapidadme	not used	dilapidadlo, dilapidadla	dilapidadnos	dilapidaos	dilapidadlos, dilapidadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dilapiden
	dative	dilapídenme	not used	dilapídenle	dilapídennos	not used	dilapídenles, dilapídense
	accusative	dilapídenme	not used	dilapídenlo, dilapídenla	dilapídennos	not used	dilapídenlos, dilapídenlas, dilapídense

Derived terms

• dilapidador

 

Related terms

• dilapidación

 

Further reading

• “dilapidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014