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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspe.za/, (traditional) /ˈspe.sa/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
  • Hyphenation: spé‧sa

Etymology 1

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From Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expēnsus, from expendere. Compare Sicilian spisa, Venetan spexa, Romansch spaisa, spesa, Friulian spese, Ladin speisa, spëisa, Piedmontese spèisa, Old French espoise.

Noun

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spesa f (plural spese)

  1. expense, expenditure, spending, cost, charge
    Synonyms: costo, uscita
  2. shopping, purchase, buy
    Synonyms: compera, acquisto
    fare la spesago shopping
  3. groceries
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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spesa

  1. inflection of spesare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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Participle

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spesa f sg

  1. feminine singular of speso

Adjective

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spesa

  1. feminine singular of speso

References

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  1. ^ spesa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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