gastar

See also: gas tar

Galician

Etymology 1

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese gastar, from Latin vastāre under the influence of the descendants of Proto-Germanic *wōstijaz (“waste”). Compare Portuguese gastar, Spanish gastar, Italian guastare (“to spoil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡasˈtaɾ/

Verb

gastar (first-person singular present gasto, first-person singular preterite gastei, past participle gastado)

1. (transitive) to spend
2. (transitive) to expend
3. (transitive) to wear, wear out (deteriorate by using)
4. (transitive) to consume, use up (energy, water etc.)
5. (transitive) to use
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to wear out (deteriorate by using)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gastar

infinitive			gastar
gerund			gastando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		gastado		gastados
		feminine		gastada		gastadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	gasto	gastas	gasta	gastamos	gastades	gastan
	imperfect	gastaba	gastabas	gastaba	gastabamos	gastabades	gastaban
	preterite	gastei	gastaches	gastou	gastamos	gastastes	gastaron
	pluperfect	gastara	gastaras	gastara	gastaramos	gastarades	gastaran
	future	gastarei	gastarás	gastará	gastaremos	gastaredes	gastarán
	conditional	gastaría	gastarías	gastaría	gastariamos	gastariades	gastarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	gaste	gastes	gaste	gastemos	gastedes	gasten
	preterite	gastase	gastases	gastase	gastásemos	gastásedes	gastasen
	future	gastar	gastares	gastar	gastarmos	gastardes	gastaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	gasta	gaste	gastemos	gastade	gasten
	negative	—	gastes	gaste	gastemos	gastedes	gasten
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		gastar	gastares	gastar	gastarmos	gastardes	gastaren

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kastô (“box”); compare the derived form engastar.

Verb

gastar (first-person singular present gasto, first-person singular preterite gastei, past participle gastado)

1. (archaic) to carve
   • 1434, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso (1434), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 169:

     que collades et diedes colleytas enno monte das Trees çen varas de pedras de duellas, as quaes avedes de dar gastadas et que aja en cada vara de pedra quatro palmos de longo medidos por el vendre ventre dela duella

     [During the construction of the bridge of Ourense] you should pick and give a hundred yards of stone staves, which you should deliver carved; each yard of stone must measure four handspans, as measured by the belly of the stave

References

• “gastar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.

• “gastar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “gastar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

• “gastar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• “gastar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vastāre. Compare Spanish gastar, Italian guastare (“to spoil”).

Verb

gastar (first-person singular present indicative gasto, short past participle gasto, long past participle gastado)

1. to spend
2. to expend

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb gastar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: gastar.
	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	gastar
Personal	gastar	gastares	gastar	gastarmos	gastardes	gastarem
Gerund
	gastando
Short past participle[1]
Masculine	gasto			gastos
Feminine	gasta			gastas
Long past participle[2]
Masculine	gastado			gastados
Feminine	gastada			gastadas
Indicative
Present	gasto	gastas	gasta	gastamos	gastais	gastam
Imperfect	gastava	gastavas	gastava	gastávamos	gastáveis	gastavam
Preterite	gastei	gastaste	gastou	gastamos gastámos	gastastes	gastaram
Pluperfect	gastara	gastaras	gastara	gastáramos	gastáreis	gastaram
Future	gastarei	gastarás	gastará	gastaremos	gastareis	gastarão
Conditional
	gastaria	gastarias	gastaria	gastaríamos	gastaríeis	gastariam
Subjunctive
Present	gaste	gastes	gaste	gastemos	gasteis	gastem
Imperfect	gastasse	gastasses	gastasse	gastássemos	gastásseis	gastassem
Future	gastar	gastares	gastar	gastarmos	gastardes	gastarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	gasta	gaste	gastemos	gastai	gastem
Negative (não)	-	gastes	gaste	gastemos	gasteis	gastem

• ^[1] Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar;
• ^[2] Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vastāre, present active infinitive of vastō, influenced by Frankish *wuastijan, *wōstēn, *wōstijan < Proto-Germanic *wōstijaną. Compare Italian guastare (“to spoil”).

Verb

gastar (first-person singular present gasto, first-person singular preterite gasté, past participle gastado)

1. to spend (money, time, resources)
2. to wear, wear out (deteriorate by using)
3. to consume, use up (energy, water etc.)
4. to play (jokes)
5. to have or wear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gastar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			gastar
gerund			gastando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gastado		gastada
		plural		gastados		gastadas
		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	gasto	gastastú gastásvos	gasta	gastamos	gastáis	gastan
	imperfect	gastaba	gastabas	gastaba	gastábamos	gastabais	gastaban
	preterite	gasté	gastaste	gastó	gastamos	gastasteis	gastaron
	future	gastaré	gastarás	gastará	gastaremos	gastaréis	gastarán
	conditional	gastaría	gastarías	gastaría	gastaríamos	gastaríais	gastarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gaste	gastestú gastésvos2	gaste	gastemos	gastéis	gasten
	imperfect (ra)	gastara	gastaras	gastara	gastáramos	gastarais	gastaran
	imperfect (se)	gastase	gastases	gastase	gastásemos	gastaseis	gastasen
	future1	gastare	gastares	gastare	gastáremos	gastareis	gastaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gastatú gastávos	gaste	gastemos	gastad	gasten
	negative		no gastes	no gaste	no gastemos	no gastéis	no gasten

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, still used in legal jargon and set phrases.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of gastar^{edit data}

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 gastar
	dative	gastarme	gastarte	gastarle, gastarse	gastarnos	gastaros	gastarles, gastarse
	accusative	gastarme	gastarte	gastarlo, gastarla, gastarse	gastarnos	gastaros	gastarlos, gastarlas, gastarse
with gerund gastando
	dative	gastándome	gastándote	gastándole, gastándose	gastándonos	gastándoos	gastándoles, gastándose
	accusative	gastándome	gastándote	gastándolo, gastándola, gastándose	gastándonos	gastándoos	gastándolos, gastándolas, gastándose
with informal second-person singular imperative gasta
	dative	gástame	gástate	gástale	gástanos	not used	gástales
	accusative	gástame	gástate	gástalo, gástala	gástanos	not used	gástalos, gástalas
with formal second-person singular imperative gaste
	dative	gásteme	not used	gástele, gástese	gástenos	not used	gásteles
	accusative	gásteme	not used	gástelo, gástela, gástese	gástenos	not used	gástelos, gástelas
with first-person plural imperative gastemos
	dative	not used	gastémoste	gastémosle	gastémonos	gastémoos	gastémosles
	accusative	not used	gastémoste	gastémoslo, gastémosla	gastémonos	gastémoos	gastémoslos, gastémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative gastad
	dative	gastadme	not used	gastadle	gastadnos	gastaos	gastadles
	accusative	gastadme	not used	gastadlo, gastadla	gastadnos	gastaos	gastadlos, gastadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative gasten
	dative	gástenme	not used	gástenle	gástennos	not used	gástenles, gástense
	accusative	gástenme	not used	gástenlo, gástenla	gástennos	not used	gástenlos, gástenlas, gástense

Synonyms

• (wear out): desgastar
• (have): llevar, tener

Related terms

• gastable
• gasto
• gastón
• gastado
• gastoso
• gastador
• desgastar
• malgastar
• sobregastar
• regastar
• gastito
• gastazo

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Swedish

Noun

gastar

1. indefinite plural of gast

Verb

gastar

1. present tense of gasta.