[chileno]

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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for October 18, 2009

derroche (masculine noun (el)) — squandering, waste, extravagance, excess. Look up derroche in the dictionary

No podemos tolerar tal derroche.
We cannot tolerate such extravagance.

I think its main meaning is waste. It is an excess of anything that goes to waste.