I don't want to spend the rest of my life regretting it.
Source: tatoeba (1598)
Spend
//spɛnd//
Synonyms for "spend" (146 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
ingestinvestkillknowlabor underlavishlay outleadlivelosemeetmeet up withmeet withmind the storeoccupyopen the purseoutlaypasspass the timepass through
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paypay outprodigalprofligateput input outrunrun throughrun up againstscheduleserveshellshell outsink money inspend the timespenderspillsplurgesquandersquandererstand undersuck drysuffersustainswallowswallow uptastethrow awaythrow money aroundundergouse upwastewaste awaywasterwastethriftwastrelwear awaywhilewhile awaywile
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1 entriesderived
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
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2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
176 translations across 56 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- prish verb (to pay out)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δαπανάω verb (to pay out)
- ἀναλίσκω verb (to pay out)
Arabic
4 entries- أَنْفَقَ verb (to pay out)
- صرف verb (to pay out)
- صَرَف verb (to pay out)
- صَرَفَ verb (to pay out)
Assamese
2 entries- কটা verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- খৰচ কৰ verb (to pay out)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
4 entries- ܚܲܪܸܓ̰ verb (to pay out)
- ܡܲܥܒ݂ܸܪ verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- ܢܲܦܸܩ verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- ܨܵܪܹܦ verb (to pay out)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- keçirmək verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- sərf etmək verb (to pay out)
- sərf etmək verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- xərcləmək verb (to pay out)
Belarusian
2 entries- выдава́ць verb (to pay out)
- тра́ціць verb (to pay out)
Bulgarian
4 entries- разходи noun (expenditures)
- харч noun (amount spent)
- изразходвам verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- изчерпвам verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
Catalan
3 entries- gastar verb (to pay out)
- gastar verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- passar verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 度 verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- 度過 /度过 verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- 花 verb (to pay out)
- 花 verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
Czech
3 entries- trávit verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- utratit verb (to pay out)
- utrácet verb (to pay out)
Danish
3 entries- bruge verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- give ud verb (to pay out)
- spendere verb (to pay out)
Dutch
4 entries- besteden verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- doorbrengen verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- opgebruikt raken verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- spenderen verb (to pay out)
Esperanto
4 entries- elspezo noun (amount spent)
- elspezi verb (to pay out)
- pasigi verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- travivi verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Estonian
1 entries- kulutama verb (to pay out)
Finnish
4 entries- kulut noun (amount spent)
- menot noun (expenditures)
- mälli noun (discharged semen)
- satsi noun (discharged semen)
French
2 entries- dépenser verb (to pay out)
- passer verb (to consume, to use up (time))
German
4 entries- aufzehren verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- ausgeben verb (to pay out)
- erschöpfen verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- spendieren verb (to pay out)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 verb (to pay out)
Greek
1 entries- ξοδεύω verb (to pay out)
Hebrew
2 entries- לְבַלּוֹת verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- לִנְפֹּשׁ verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Hindi
1 entries- ख़र्च करना verb (to pay out)
Hungarian
3 entries- elkölt verb (to pay out)
- költ verb (to pay out)
- tölt verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Icelandic
1 entries- eyða verb (to pay out)
Ido
2 entries- spensar verb (to pay out)
- spensar verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Indonesian
2 entries- membelanjakan verb (to pay out)
- mengeluarkan verb (to pay out)
Ingrian
1 entries- hukata verb (to pay out)
Irish
3 entries- caith verb (to pay out)
- caith verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- caith verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Italian
3 entries- spesa noun (amount spent)
- passare verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- spendere verb (to pay out)
Japanese
3 entries- 暮らす verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- 消費する verb (to pay out)
- 過ごす verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Khmer
1 entries- ចំណាយ verb (to pay out)
Korean
4 entries- 들이다 verb (to pay out)
- 들이다 verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- 보내다 verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- 소비하다 verb (to pay out)
Kumyk
4 entries- зая этмек verb (to pay out)
- сарп этмек verb (to pay out)
- тас этмек verb (to pay out)
- харжламакъ verb (to pay out)
Lao
1 entries- ຈ່າຍ verb (to pay out)
Lithuanian
2 entries- leisti verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- praleisti verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Malay
1 entries- belanja verb (to pay out)
Marathi
1 entries- खर्च करणे verb (to pay out)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- upvitsa verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Norwegian
2 entries- lommepenger noun (expenditures)
- bruke verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Old English
2 entries- ādrēogan verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- āspendan verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Persian
1 entries- سپنج کردن verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Polish
4 entries- spędzać verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- spędzić verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- wydawać verb (to pay out)
- wydać verb (to pay out)
Portuguese
4 entries- gasto noun (amount spent)
- gastos noun (expenditures)
- jato noun (discharged semen)
- gastar verb (to pay out)
Romanian
2 entries- cheltui verb (to pay out)
- cheltui verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
Russian
4 entries- израсхо́довать verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- истра́тить verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- потра́тить verb (to pay out)
- провести́ verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- provoditi verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- tratiti verb (to pay out)
- tratiti verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- проводити verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Southern Altai
2 entries- тарадар verb (to pay out)
- ӱредер verb (to pay out)
Spanish
4 entries- despender verb (to pay out)
- erogar verb (to pay out)
- expender verb (to pay out)
- gastar verb (to pay out)
Swedish
4 entries- fickpengar noun (expenditures)
- lägga verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- lägga ner verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- spendera verb (to pay out)
Tagalog
1 entries- gastusin verb (to pay out)
Thai
3 entries- จับจ่าย verb (to pay out)
- ใช้ verb (to pay out)
- ใช้จ่าย verb (to pay out)
Turkish
3 entries- geçirmek verb (to consume, to use up (time))
- harcamak verb (to pay out)
- harcamak verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́снажити verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- ви́тратити verb (to pay out)
- ви́тратити verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
- висна́жувати verb (to wear out, to exhaust)
Venetan
1 entries- spender verb (to pay out)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiêu verb (to pay out)
Welsh
1 entries- treulio verb (to consume, to use up (time))
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.
Source: tatoeba (1844)
My interest is in the future because I'm going to spend the rest of my life there.
Source: tatoeba (2286)
In business today, too many executives spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't even like.
Source: tatoeba (2363)
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