Meaning
to spread, spill
- To spread out, spill, or scatter liquids or substances over a surface
- To emit, disperse, or diffuse (a scent, light, or warmth)
- (In the fixed idiom 'spendere e spandere') to squander money, to splash out recklessly
In a sentence
Stai attento a non spandere il caffè bollente sul tavolo da disegno.
Be careful not to spill hot coffee onto the drafting table.
I fiori di gelsomino spandono un profumo delicato per tutto il giardino.
The jasmine flowers spread a delicate scent throughout the garden.
Non può continuare a spendere e spandere senza pensare al proprio futuro.
He cannot keep splashing out without thinking about his future.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| spandere | infinitive |
| spando | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| spandi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spande | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spandiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| spandete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spandono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spandevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spandevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spandeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spandevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spandevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spandevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spansi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| spandesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| spanse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| spandemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| spandeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| spansero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| spanderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| spanderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| spanderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| spanderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| spanderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| spanderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| spanda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| spanda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spanda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spandiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| spandiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spandano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spandessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spandessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spandesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spandessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spandeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spandessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spanderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| spanderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spanderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spanderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| spandereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spanderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spandi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| spandiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| spandete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| spandendo | gerund |
| sparso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Has an irregular past participle: 'sparso' (or rarely 'spanso').
- The rhyming expression 'spendere e spandere' is widely used to mean 'to spend lavishly or waste money'.
- past participle sparso