dilapidare

See also: dilapidaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīlapidāre (“to destroy to stones”), from dis (“apart”) + lapidō (“to stone”), from lapis (“stone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /di.la.piˈda.re/
Rhymes: -are
Hyphenation: di‧la‧pi‧dà‧re

Verb

dilapidàre (first-person singular present dilàpido, first-person singular past historic dilapidài, past participle dilapidàto, auxiliary avére)

(transitive) to squander, to waste, to dissipate
Synonyms: scialacquare, avere le mani bucate, disperdere, sperperare

Conjugation

Conjugation of dilapidàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	dilapidàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		dilapidàndo
present participle		dilapidànte	past participle		dilapidàto
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	dilàpido	dilàpidi	dilàpida	dilapidiàmo	dilapidàte	dilàpidano
imperfect	dilapidàvo	dilapidàvi	dilapidàva	dilapidavàmo	dilapidavàte	dilapidàvano
past historic	dilapidài	dilapidàsti	dilapidò	dilapidàmmo	dilapidàste	dilapidàrono
future	dilapiderò	dilapiderài	dilapiderà	dilapiderémo	dilapideréte	dilapiderànno
conditional	dilapiderèi	dilapiderésti	dilapiderèbbe, dilapiderébbe	dilapiderémmo	dilapideréste	dilapiderèbbero, dilapiderébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	dilàpidi	dilàpidi	dilàpidi	dilapidiàmo	dilapidiàte	dilàpidino
imperfect	dilapidàssi	dilapidàssi	dilapidàsse	dilapidàssimo	dilapidàste	dilapidàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		dilàpida	dilàpidi	dilapidiàmo	dilapidàte	dilàpidino
negative imperative		non dilapidàre	non dilàpidi	non dilapidiàmo	non dilapidàte	non dilàpidino

Related terms

Anagrams

dilapiderà

Latin

Verb

dīlapidāre

inflection of dīlapidō:
1. present active infinitive
2. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative

Spanish

Verb

dilapidare

first/third-person singular future subjunctive of dilapidar