desperdicio

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /despeɾˈdiθjo/ [d̪es.peɾˈð̞i.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /despeɾˈdisjo/ [d̪es.peɾˈð̞i.sjo]
• Rhymes: -iθjo
• Rhymes: -isjo
• Syllabification: des‧per‧di‧cio

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin disperditiōnem (“destruction, ruin”).

desperdicio m (plural desperdicios)

1. waste

   Synonyms: desecho, derroche, disipación

• → Portuguese: desperdício

desperdicio

1. first-person singular present indicative of desperdiciar

• “desperdicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28