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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for December 19, 2009
malgastar (verb) — to spend unwisely. Look up malgastar in the dictionary No te conviene malgastar todo el dinero que tienes en ropa. It's not in your best interest to waste all your money on clothes.
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The verb gastar also can mean to waste (money/time/energy), as well as to spend. If you use gastar in ordinary conversation, would it normally be understood in the sense of malgastar, or does this depend on context?
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Malgastador, derrochón or derrochador means spendthrift, prodigal.
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Thanks - I've been puzzled by this for some time.
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Gastar = spend Can be energy, thoughts, money, etc... |
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I don't really understand the example sentence. In fact, I don't really understand the word "convenir" (or is it "convenirse"). I DO understand that "malgastar todo el dinero que tienes en ropa" means "to waste all of your money on clothes". I do NOT understand the first part, "No te conviene...." and how does that mean "It is not in your best interest....."
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Convenir is "to be convenient" in some contexts*, but that doesn't really convey the full range of meaning. "No te conviene" here is more "it's not in your best interests". (Hah - and I wrote that without looking at the translation, and see it doesn't answer your question!)
Oxford offers (paraphrasing a bit) 1. To be advisable. 2. To be convenient. 3. To agree. 4. To concede. * E.g. "¿Te conviene quedar manaña?" would be "Is it convenient for you to meet tomorrow?" Last edited by pjt33; December 20, 2009 at 06:29 AM. |
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Thanks for this answer, pjt. I also appreciate your example. Your example is for the concept of "convenient". Can you give me another example (or two?) of "convenir" used like it is in the example sentence from the DSW in the sense of "in one's best interests"? Would it be like this? "Me conviene a quedarme en casa hoy a causa de la nieve." Finally, you used "quedar" in your example "¿Te conviene quedar manaña?", but I'm not sure how "quedar" works here. Is my brain not working correctly this morning?
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