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waste2

/weɪst/ [wasted, wasting]

Translation

v [t]
desperdiciar
Don't waste water
No desperdicies el agua
malgastar
He wastes his money in silly things
Se gasta el dinero en cosas tontas
(el tiempo)
perder
Never waste your time
Nunca pierdas el tiempo
to waste one's breath
gastar saliva col.
to waste away
(Definition of waste v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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