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Old October 07, 2016, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by gareth View Post
Hi folks,

Could anyone do me a favour and tell me what a Spanish approximation of the English idiom "to piss away" might be? We use it meaning "to waste", as in "he pissed away all his money" or "he pissed away an opportunity". Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.
First of all there are two things which very much require clarification particularly for the benefit of non-native English speakers; first of all they are really rather vulgar, and mildly offensive and should never be employed except among close friends; and secondly all the above mentioned expressions only ever refer to wasting or squandering wealth or other assets because of excessive drinking.

No comparable Spanish translation comes immediately to my mind and even I could think of one I would not be inclined to encourage language learners to use such terms until they were competent enough to work them out for themselves.

If this posting creates the impression of being a criticism then I'm pleased that I have succeeded.
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