desperdicio

See also: desperdício and desperdició

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /despeɾˈdiθjo/ [d̪es.peɾˈð̞i.θjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /despeɾˈdisjo/ [d̪es.peɾˈð̞i.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: des‧per‧di‧cio

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin disperditiōnem (“destruction, ruin”).

Noun

desperdicio m (plural desperdicios)

1. waste

   Synonyms: desecho, derroche, disipación

Related terms

• desperdiciar

Descendants

• → Portuguese: desperdício

Etymology 2

Verb

desperdicio

1. first-person singular present indicative of desperdiciar

Further reading

• “desperdicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025