transitive verb preterite & past participle spent money, effort gastar , despendre , emprar time passar time on a journey, project dedicar on a anger, emotion, etc consumir , exhaurir she spent 10 euros on sweets es va gastar 10 euros en caramels where are you spending your holiday on passaràs les vacances the storm has spent its fury la tempesta s'ha calmat I'm always spending tinc les mans foradades intransitive verb gastar diners he spends freely gasta moltíssim