dispensa

See also: dispensá

French

Verb

dispensa

1. third-person singular past historic of dispenser

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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)

1. distribution, handing out
2. 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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3. (furniture) sideboard

   Synonym: buffet

4. instalment
5. exemption, dispensation (from)

Related terms

• dispendere

Verb

dispensa

1. third-person singular present indicative of dispensare
2. second-person singular imperative of dispensare

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dispēnsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dispēnsō

References

• dispensa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Verb

dispensa

1. third-person singular present indicative of dispensar
2. second-person singular imperative of dispensar

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Spanish

Verb

dispensa

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of dispensar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dispensar.