What does spese in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word spese in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use spese in Italian.

The word spese in Italian means spending, grocery shopping, spend, devote, spend, work hard, shopping coupon, shopping bag, spending power, cost element, item cost, shopping cart, shopping trolley, purchasing capacity, maximum budget, to skim off the top, go grocery shopping, go food shopping, receipt, shopping list, upper budget limit, more bang for your buck, cheat on the cost, unsustainable expense, public expenditure, public spending, , item of expenditure. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word spese

spending

sostantivo femminile (esborso di denaro)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non possiamo permetterci questa spesa.
We can't afford this spending.

grocery shopping

sostantivo femminile (informale (acquisto di alimentari)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La mamma è andata a fare la spesa. Puoi aiutarmi a prendere la spesa dal bagagliaio e portarla in casa?
Mum's gone to do the grocery shopping. Can you help me bring the grocery shopping in from the car?

spend

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (pagare, sborsare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Dario ha speso tutta la sua paghetta in caramelle.
Dario spent all his pocket money on sweets.

devote

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (utilizzare, consumare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Ho speso parecchia fatica per questo lavoro.
I devoted a lot of effort to this task.

spend

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (tempo: trascorrere) (time)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Ho speso parte delle vacanze in Sicilia.
I spent part of my vacation in Sicily.

work hard

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (figurato (impegnarsi)

Vorrei ringraziare il presidente che si è speso molto per consolidare la nostra associazione.
I want to thank the president for having worked so hard to consolidate our association.

shopping coupon

sostantivo femminile (buono acquisto, coupon)

shopping bag

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le buste della spesa ormai sono tutte ecologiche e si rompono con una grande facilità.

spending power

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sua capacità di spesa è limitata dai due figli.

cost element, item cost

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

shopping cart, shopping trolley

sostantivo maschile

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

purchasing capacity, maximum budget

to skim off the top

go grocery shopping, go food shopping

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

receipt

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

shopping list

upper budget limit

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

more bang for your buck

(familiar)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

cheat on the cost

unsustainable expense

public expenditure, public spending

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

(out-of-pocket expense)

item of expenditure

(finance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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