despesa

From despendre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəsˈpɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəsˈpə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [desˈpe.za]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ɛza

despesa f (plural despeses)

1. expenditure, expense

despesa f sg

1. feminine singular of despès

• “despesa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Old Galician-Portuguese despesa, despensa, from Late Latin dispēnsa, from Latin dispēnsō. Doublet of despensa and dispensa.

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: des‧pe‧sa

despesa f (plural despesas)

1. expense
2. charge, cost

For quotations using this term, see Citations:despesa.

• “despesa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “despesa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026