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1 fritter away
v.• dilapidar v.v + o + adv, v + adv + o \<\<money\>\> malgastar, derrochar; \<\<fortune\>\> dilapidar; \<\<time\>\> desperdiciar* * *v + o + adv, v + adv + o \<\<money\>\> malgastar, derrochar; \<\<fortune\>\> dilapidar; \<\<time\>\> desperdiciar -
2 fritter away one's time
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3 fritter away
v.1 despilfarrar (dinero); desperdiciar (time)2 malgastar, desperdiciar, dilapidar, disipar. -
4 to fritter away
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5 fritter one's time away
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6 acabar
acabar ( conjugate acabar) verbo intransitivo 1 [ persona] to finish; [ novios] to split up; (+ compl) ese chico va a acabar mal that boy will come to no good; la película acabó bien the movie had a happy ending; acabarán aceptándolo o por aceptarlo they'll end up accepting it; acabar de algo to end up as sth; acabó de camarero he ended up (working) as a waiterc) ( rematar) acabar en algo to end in sth2 ‹con bombones/bebidas› to finish off sth; ‹con salud/carrera› to ruin sth; ‹con sueldo/herencia› to fritter away sth; ‹con abuso/problema› to put an end to sthb) (fam) acabar con algn ( pelearse) to finish with sb;( matar) to do away with sb (colloq); 3 acababa de meterme en la cama cuando … I had just got into bed when …c) ( llegar a):no acababa de gustarle she wasn't totally happy about it verbo transitivo ‹trabajo/libro› to finish; ‹curso/carrera› to finish, complete acabarse verbo pronominal 1 ( terminarse) [provisiones/comida] to run out; [ problema] to be over; [reunión/fiesta/curso] to end; [ proyecto] to finish, come to an end; [ año] to come to an end; se le acabaron las fuerzas he ran out of energy; un trabajo que no se acaba nunca a never-ending o an endless task; ¡esto se acabó! that's it! 2 ( enf) ( comer) to finish (up)
acabar
I verbo transitivo
1 to finish (off) ➣ Ver nota en finish 2 (completar) to complete
II verbo intransitivo
1 to finish, end: todo acabó bien, it all ended happily 2 acabar con (agotar las existencias) to finish something figurado estás acabando con mi paciencia, I'm losing my patience with you (romper algo) to break something (matar) to kill: la droga está acabando con él, he's killing himself with drugs (destruir, eliminar) to destroy something: hay que acabar con la tortura, we must get rid of torture figurado las presiones acabaron con su carrera política, the overwhelming pressure finished off his political career 3 acabar de: acaba de llegar de Río, he's just arrived from Río
no acaba de decidirse, she hasn't made up her mind yet 4 acabar en: el partido de fútbol acabó en tragedia, the football match ended in tragedy 5 acabar por/acabar + gerundio acabé creyendo/por creer que estaba loca, I ended up thinking she was mad ' acabar' also found in these entries: Spanish: apurar - finiquitar - incompleta - incompleto - levantarse - paciencia - temblar - terminar - tabla English: barrier - break - break down - burial - complete - distance - drag on - end - end up - fade - finish - finish up - get over - get through - grief - illiteracy - it - paid - racism - round off - settle - sink - stamp out - there - time-wasting - use up - wind up - destroy - do - finished - get - kill - near - smash - stop - wind - wipe -
7 gaily
see gaytr['geɪlɪ]1 alegrementegaily ['geɪli] adv: alegrementeadv.• alegremente adv.'geɪliadverb alegremente['ɡeɪlɪ]ADV1) (=brightly) [dressed, decorated] vistosamente, alegrementegaily coloured cushions — cojines de vistosos or alegres colores
2) (=cheerfully) [chatter, sing] alegremente3) (=thoughtlessly) alegremente, como si tal cosapeople who gaily fritter away their time — gente que malgasta alegremente el tiempo or que malgasta el tiempo como si tal cosa
she gaily admitted that she had lied — admitió alegremente que había mentido, admitió que había mentido como si tal cosa
* * *['geɪli]adverb alegremente
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fritter away something — fritter away (something) to waste money, time, or an opportunity. He was known to fritter away huge sums betting on the horses. I didn t do anything over vacation I just frittered it away. Usage notes: usually used to show disapproval … New idioms dictionary
fritter away — (something) to waste money, time, or an opportunity. He was known to fritter away huge sums betting on the horses. I didn t do anything over vacation I just frittered it away. Usage notes: usually used to show disapproval … New idioms dictionary
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fritter away — 1. Diminish, pare off, reduce to nothing. 2. Misuse (time), waste, dawdle away, idle away, fool away. 3. Waste bit by bit, destroy gradually, waste by dispersion or by trifling and petty use … New dictionary of synonyms
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