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10 Language-to-English DictionariesVerschwender
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɛndɐ/
"Er ist ein bekannter Verschwender."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who squanders money, time, or other valuable resources.
"He turned out to be a complete waster, spending his inheritance on trivial things." - 2
An idle, good-for-nothing person who achieves very little in life.
"Instead of looking for a job, he just hung around with other local wasters all day."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English verb 'wasten' (from Old French 'waster', ultimately from Germanic roots related to Latin 'vastare' meaning to lay waste or devastate), combined with the agent suffix '-er'. Historically evolving from a destroyer or squanderer of property, it came to colloquially denote an idle, lazy, or incompetent person in British and Commonwealth English.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Waster" is said worldwide
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gaspilleur
Transliteration: /ɡas.pi.jœʁ/
"C'est un vrai gaspilleur qui ne fait rien de ses journées."
Verschwender
Transliteration: /fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɛndɐ/
"Er ist ein bekannter Verschwender."
perditempo
Transliteration: /per.diˈtɛm.po/
"Non voglio perdere tempo con un perditempo."
vago
Transliteration: /ˈba.ɣo/
"Ese chico es un vago que no quiere trabajar."
desperdiçador
Transliteration: /dɨʃ.pɛʁ.di.saˈdoɾ/
"Ele provou ser um desperdiçador de talentos."
बर्बाद करने वाला
Transliteration: barbaad karne wala
"वह अपने समय का बहुत बड़ा बर्बाद करने वाला है।"
败家子
Transliteration: bài jiā zǐ
"他成了一个游手好闲的败家子。"
난꾼
Transliteration: nankkun
Script: 건달
"그는 인생을 허비하는 건달일 뿐이다."
怠け者
Transliteration: namakemono
"彼は時間を無駄にするだけの怠け者だ。"
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