spend

gastar

Usar dinero para pagar algo.

En inglés sencillo: To use money to pay for something.

• Don't spend all your money.
• She spent ten dollars on lunch.
• How much do you spend on food each week?

Cómo se usa: spend money on something (I spend very little money on clothes.)

Sinónimos: pay out

Antónimos: save

Expresiones frecuentes: spend money, spend on something, spend too much

pasar, dedicar

Emplear un tiempo en una actividad o permanecer durante ese tiempo en un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: To use a period of time for an activity or in a particular place.

• We spend Sundays together.
• She spent two hours cooking dinner.
• Where will you spend your summer holiday?

Cómo se usa: spend time doing something (He spends an hour reading every evening.); spend time with someone (I spent the afternoon with my aunt.); spend time in/at somewhere (We spent a week in Rome.)

Sinónimos: pass

Expresiones frecuentes: spend time, spend the weekend, spend time together

agotar, consumir

Consumir toda la fuerza o energía de alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: To use up all the strength or force of someone or something.

• The storm had spent its force.
• He spent all his strength fighting the current.
• Her anger spent itself in a long burst of tears.

Cómo se usa: spend itself (The storm spent itself against the cliffs.)

Sinónimos: exhaust, use up, deplete

Antónimos: replenish

Expresiones frecuentes: spend its force, spend someone's strength, spend itself

consumirse, agotarse

Ir disminuyendo con el uso hasta acabarse.

En inglés sencillo: To become used up or gradually disappear through use.

• The candle spends away as it burns.
• Their strength spent away during the long struggle.
• The oil spent slowly in the lamp.

Sinónimos: dwindle, wear away

Expresiones frecuentes: spend away, spend with use

gasto, desembolso

Cantidad de dinero gastada para un fin o durante un periodo concreto.

En inglés sencillo: The amount of money used for a particular purpose or during a particular period.

• Our advertising spend is too high.
• The company reduced its annual spend on travel.
• Average spend per customer rose this month.

Cómo se usa: spend on something (Our spend on advertising has increased.)

Sinónimos: spending, expenditure, outlay

Expresiones frecuentes: advertising spend, annual spend, spend on something