dilapidar

From Latin dīlapidāre.

• Hyphenation: di‧la‧pi‧dar

dilapidar (first-person singular present dilapido, first-person singular preterite dilapidei, past participle dilapidado)

1. to dilapidate (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
2. (figuratively) to dilapidate (to squander or waste)

• delapidação

From Latin dīlapidāre.

• IPA^(key): /dilapiˈdaɾ/ [d̪i.la.piˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧la‧pi‧dar

dilapidar (first-person singular present dilapido, first-person singular preterite dilapidé, past participle dilapidado)

1. to squander, to waste

   Synonym: malgastar

• “dilapidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16