Today's
WOTD is: "gasto" = expense
1. In
Spanish, “gasto”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
expense,
as in:
- Ese es un gasto necesario (that is a necessary expense);
2. A
related word is the action word/ verb “gastar”,
to spend,
as in:
- Hemos gastado mucho en este viaje (we have spent a lot in this trip);
3. The
related describing word/ adjective “gastado”/
“gastada”
means worn
out,
as in:
- Esos zapatos están gastados del todo (those shoes are completely worn out);
4. Some
Spanish expressions with the word “gasto”
are:
- Cubrir gastos (to cover costs);
- El negocio va tan mal que ni cubrimos los gastos (business is so bad that we don't even cover costs);
- Gasto público (public spending);
- Gastos bancarios (bank charges);
- Gastos de comunidad (communal/ condominium charges);
- Gastos de correo (postage/ postal charges);
- Gastos de defensa (defence spending);
- Gastos de envío (post & packing charges);
- Gastos de explotación (operating costs);
- Gastos de mantenimiento (maintenance costs);
- Gastos de representación (expenses);
- Gastos de viaje (travel expenses);
- Gastos del juicio (the legal costs);
- Tuvimos que pagar los gastos del juicio (we had to pay the legal costs)
- Gastos de estructurales (overheads);
- Gastos fijos (overheads);
- Gastos generales (general expenses);
- Gastos varios (sundries);
- Meterse en gastos (to incur expense);
- Nos hemos metido en muchos gastos (we have incurred a lot of expense);
- Restringir gastos (to limit/ cut expenditure);
- Tenemos que restringir gastos (we have to cut expenditure);
- Suponer un gasto (to cost);
- La reparación de la caldera supondría un gasto de dos mil euros (it would cost 2000 Euro to repair the boiler);
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