expender

English

Etymology

From expend +‎ -er.

Noun

expender (plural expenders)

1. One who, or that which, expends.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspenˈdeɾ/ [eɣ̞s.pẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧pen‧der

Verb

expender (first-person singular present expendo, first-person singular preterite expendí, past participle expendido)

1. to sell (retail), to handle, deal in

   Synonym: vender

2. to sell on commission
3. to disburse, spend, lay out (money)

   Synonym: gastar

4. (law) to circulate or pass (counterfeit money)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			expender
gerund			expendiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		expendido		expendida
		plural		expendidos		expendidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	expendo	expendestú expendésvos	expende	expendemos	expendéis	expenden
	imperfect	expendía	expendías	expendía	expendíamos	expendíais	expendían
	preterite	expendí	expendiste	expendió	expendimos	expendisteis	expendieron
	future	expenderé	expenderás	expenderá	expenderemos	expenderéis	expenderán
	conditional	expendería	expenderías	expendería	expenderíamos	expenderíais	expenderían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	expenda	expendastú expendásvos2	expenda	expendamos	expendáis	expendan
	imperfect (ra)	expendiera	expendieras	expendiera	expendiéramos	expendierais	expendieran
	imperfect (se)	expendiese	expendieses	expendiese	expendiésemos	expendieseis	expendiesen
	future1	expendiere	expendieres	expendiere	expendiéremos	expendiereis	expendieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		expendetú expendévos	expenda	expendamos	expended	expendan
	negative		no expendas	no expenda	no expendamos	no expendáis	no expendan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of expender

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive expender	dative	expenderme	expenderte	expenderle, expenderse	expendernos	expenderos	expenderles, expenderse
	accusative	expenderme	expenderte	expenderlo, expenderla, expenderse	expendernos	expenderos	expenderlos, expenderlas, expenderse
with gerund expendiendo	dative	expendiéndome	expendiéndote	expendiéndole, expendiéndose	expendiéndonos	expendiéndoos	expendiéndoles, expendiéndose
	accusative	expendiéndome	expendiéndote	expendiéndolo, expendiéndola, expendiéndose	expendiéndonos	expendiéndoos	expendiéndolos, expendiéndolas, expendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative expende	dative	expéndeme	expéndete	expéndele	expéndenos	not used	expéndeles
	accusative	expéndeme	expéndete	expéndelo, expéndela	expéndenos	not used	expéndelos, expéndelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative expendé	dative	expendeme	expendete	expendele	expendenos	not used	expendeles
	accusative	expendeme	expendete	expendelo, expendela	expendenos	not used	expendelos, expendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative expenda	dative	expéndame	not used	expéndale, expéndase	expéndanos	not used	expéndales
	accusative	expéndame	not used	expéndalo, expéndala, expéndase	expéndanos	not used	expéndalos, expéndalas
with first-person plural imperative expendamos	dative	not used	expendámoste	expendámosle	expendámonos	expendámoos	expendámosles
	accusative	not used	expendámoste	expendámoslo, expendámosla	expendámonos	expendámoos	expendámoslos, expendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative expended	dative	expendedme	not used	expendedle	expendednos	expendeos	expendedles
	accusative	expendedme	not used	expendedlo, expendedla	expendednos	expendeos	expendedlos, expendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative expendan	dative	expéndanme	not used	expéndanle	expéndannos	not used	expéndanles, expéndanse
	accusative	expéndanme	not used	expéndanlo, expéndanla	expéndannos	not used	expéndanlos, expéndanlas, expéndanse

Derived terms

• expendedor

Related terms

• pender

Further reading

• “expender”, 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