gastar

/ɡasˈtaɾ/, [ɡasˈt̪aɾ]

spend


Gerund: gastando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular gastado gastada
Plural gastados gastadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo gasto gastaba gasté gastaré gastaría
gastas gastabas gastaste gastarás gastarías
él/ella/Ud. gasta gastaba gastó gastará gastaría
nosotros gastamos gastábamos gastamos gastaremos gastaríamos
vosotros gastáis gastabais gastasteis gastaréis gastaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. gastan gastaban gastaron gastarán gastarían
vos gastás gastabas gastaste gastarás gastarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo gaste gastara gastase gastare
gastes gastaras gastases gastares
él/ella/Ud. gaste gastara gastase gastare
nosotros gastemos gastáramos gastásemos gastáremos
vosotros gastéis gastarais gastaseis gastareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. gasten gastaran gastasen gastaren
vos gastés gastaras gastases gastares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
gasta no gastes
Ud. gaste no gaste
nosotros gastemos no gastemos
vosotros gastad no gastéis
Uds. gasten no gasten
vos gastá no gastes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Él tiene más dinero del que puede gastar.

    He has more money than he can spend.

  • No puedo gastar ni un yen.

    I can't afford to waste a single yen.

  • De aquí en adelante tendremos que gastar menos.

    From now on, we'll have to spend less money.

  • La publicidad es el arte de convencer a la gente a gastar dinero que no tienen para algo que no necesitan.

    Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.

  • Una familia no debería gastar todo su dinero en mantener vivo a alguien con una máquina.

    A family should not spend all of its money to keep someone alive on a machine.

  • No me digas como debo gastar mi dinero!

    Don't tell me how to spend my money.

  • ¿Por qué gastar un tiempo precioso en el salón de belleza?

    How about spending an elegant and blissful time at a beauty salon?

  • Japón no debería gastar mucho dinero en armas.

    Japan should not spend much money on weapons.

  • ¿Cuánto querés gastar?

    How much do you want to spend?

  • Él gana más dinero de lo que puede gastar.

    He earns more money than he can spend.

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