Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for waste is sprecare
The Italian verb for waste is the irregular -ARE verb sprecare.... imagine you shouldn't waste the SPRAY CAN!
Sprecare can also mean: to squander.
Related words include:
- sprecarsi (il fiato) (vr) : to waste oneself; to waste (one's breath).
- il spreco / i sprechi (nm/pl) : waste.
- il sprecone / la sprecona (nm/f) : waster, squanderer, spendthrift.
- sprecato (adj/pp) : wasted.
These verbs add an h after c and before e and i so as to maintain the hard 'k' sound. Verbs conjugated in this way also include : cascare, placare, fiaccare, placcare, imbarcare, sbancare, sboscare, locare, sublocare, spaccare, sprecare, toccare.
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Imagine you shouldn't waste the a SPRAY CAN!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente waste |
spreco | sprechi | spreca | sprechiamo | sprecate | sprecano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto wasted |
sprecavo | sprecavi | sprecava | sprecavamo | sprecavate | sprecavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto wasted |
sprecai | sprecasti | sprecò | sprecammo | sprecaste | sprecarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will waste |
sprecherò | sprecherai | sprecherà | sprecheremo | sprecherete | sprecheranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would waste |
sprecherei | sprecheresti | sprecherebbe | sprecheremmo | sprechereste | sprecherebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may waste |
sprechi | sprechi | sprechi | sprechiamo | sprechiate | sprechino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have wasted |
ho sprecato | hai sprecato | ha sprecato | abbiamo sprecato | avete sprecato | hanno sprecato |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had wasted |
avevo sprecato | avevi sprecato | aveva sprecato | avevamo sprecato | avevate sprecato | avevano sprecato |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have wasted |
avrò sprecato | avrai sprecato | avrà sprecato | avremo sprecato | avrete sprecato | avranno sprecato |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have wasted |
avrei sprecato | avresti sprecato | avrebbe sprecato | avremmo sprecato | avreste sprecato | avrebbero sprecato |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have wasted |
abbia sprecato | abbia sprecato | abbia sprecato | abbiamo sprecato | abbiate sprecato | abbiano sprecato |
| Imperative Imperativo waste! |
spreca! non sprecare! |
(non) sprechi! | (non) sprechiamo! | (non) sprecate! | (non) sprechino! | |
✔ Sprecare is an irregular -ARE verb, these being the most common verbs in Italian.
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