Gastando (en. Spending)

/ɡasˈtando/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To use money or resources.

I am spending a lot on food this month.

Estoy gastando mucho en comida este mes.

To consume something, like time or energy.

You shouldn't be spending all your energy on that.

No deberías estar gastando toda tu energía en eso.

To make excessive expenditure.

Spending like this, you'll soon be in financial trouble.

Gastando así, pronto estarás en problemas financieros.

From the verb 'gastar', which comes from the Latin 'vastare'.

spending wildly

Spending without control.

gastando a lo loco

to be spending

Being in a process of spending resources.

estar gastando

spend as if there were no tomorrow

Spending without thinking about future consequences.

gastar como si no hubiera un mañana

expense

Amount of money that is spent.

gasto

disbursement

Act of paying or spending money.

desembolso

waste

Inefficient or unnecessary spending.

malgasto

To spend excessively.

You’re spending as if you were a millionaire.

Estás gastando como si fueras millonario.

To spend on unnecessary things.

Don’t keep spending on trinkets.

No sigas gastando en chucherías.