First you squander your health to acquire money; then your money to get your health back.
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Squander
//ˈskwɑn.dɚ//
Synonyms for "squander" (96 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (48)
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Translations
99 translations across 32 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shkund verb (to waste)
Asturian
1 entries- esbarafundiar verb (to waste)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- aşırmaq verb (to waste)
- dağıtmaq verb (to waste)
- korlamaq verb (to waste)
- satıb-sovmaq verb (to waste)
Bulgarian
4 entries- прахосам verb (to waste)
- прахосвам verb (to waste)
- пропилея verb (to waste)
- пропилявам verb (to waste)
Catalan
4 entries- balafiar verb (to waste)
- desaprofitar verb (to waste)
- malbaratar verb (to waste)
- malgastar verb (to waste)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 浪費 /浪费 verb (to waste)
Dalmatian
1 entries- dissipur verb (to waste)
Dutch
4 entries- verbrassen verb (to waste)
- verkwanselen verb (to waste)
- verkwisten verb (to waste)
- verspillen verb (to waste)
Esperanto
2 entries- disperdi verb (to waste)
- malŝpari verb (to waste)
Finnish
3 entries- haaskata verb (to waste)
- tuhlata verb (to waste)
- törsätä verb (to waste)
French
3 entries- dilapider verb (to waste)
- gaspiller verb (to waste)
- gâcher verb (to waste)
German
3 entries- vergeuden verb (to waste)
- verprassen verb (to waste)
- verschwenden verb (to waste)
Hungarian
4 entries- elfecsérel verb (to waste)
- elherdál verb (to waste)
- elpazarol verb (to waste)
- elpocsékol verb (to waste)
Ingrian
1 entries- mänettää verb (to waste)
Italian
4 entries- dilapidare verb (to waste)
- dissipare verb (to waste)
- scialare verb (to waste)
- sperperare verb (to waste)
Japanese
3 entries- 乱費する verb (to waste)
- 使い尽くす verb (to waste)
- 浪費する verb (to waste)
Korean
2 entries- 낭비하다 verb (to waste)
- 랑비하다 verb (to waste)
Latin
4 entries- expatrō verb (to waste)
- helluor verb (to waste)
- lancinō verb (to waste)
- prōdigō verb (to waste)
Macedonian
1 entries- а́рчи verb (to waste)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠮᠠᠮᡤᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to waste)
Mongolian
2 entries- барах verb (to waste)
- үрэх verb (to waste)
Māori
2 entries- whakamaumau verb (to waste)
- whakapau verb (to waste)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- forspille verb (to waste)
- sette over styr verb (to waste)
- skusle bort verb (to waste)
- sløse bort verb (to waste)
Persian
2 entries- بر باد دادن verb (to waste)
- هدر دادن verb (to waste)
Polish
4 entries- marnotrawić verb (to waste)
- marnować verb (to waste)
- roztrwonić verb (to waste)
- trwonić verb (to waste)
Portuguese
1 entries- esbanjar verb (to waste)
Romanian
1 entries- irosi verb (to waste)
Russian
4 entries- прома́тывать verb (to waste)
- промота́ть verb (to waste)
- разбаза́ривать verb (to waste)
- разбаза́рить verb (to waste)
Sicilian
1 entries- vastari verb (to waste)
Spanish
4 entries- derrochar verb (to waste)
- desaprovechar verb (to waste)
- despalillar verb (to waste)
- desperdiciar verb (to waste)
Swedish
1 entries- slösa verb (to waste)
Turkish
3 entries- heba etmek verb (to waste)
- ziyan etmek verb (to waste)
- çarçur etmek verb (to waste)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Don't squander your newly earned money!
Source: tatoeba (3553355)
Do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
Source: tatoeba (5562600)
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Source: tatoeba (8905401)
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