Translations for „misspend“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

spend <spent, spent> [spend] VB trans

1. spend money:

spend

gastar

2. spend time:

spend

passar

to spend time (doing sth)

passar o tempo (fazendo a. c.)

suspend [səˈspend] VB trans

suspend

suspender

missing ADJ

missing

desaparecido(-a)

missing

perdido(-a)

to report sth missing

acusar uma perda

mission [ˈmɪʃən] N

mission

missão f

rescue mission

missão de resgate

mission accomplished

missão cumprida

mislead [ˌmɪsˈliːd] VB trans irreg

1. mislead (deceive):

mislead

enganar

to mislead sb about sth

enganar alguém a respeito de a. c.

2. mislead (lead into error):

mislead

confundir

to let oneself be misled

deixar-se confundir [or enganar]

misread [ˌmɪsˈriːd] VB trans irreg

misread (situation)

interpretar mal

misread (writing)

ler mal

I . miss out VB trans

1. miss out (omit):

miss out

omitir

2. miss out (overlook):

miss out

pular

to miss out a word

pular uma palavra

3. miss out (person):

we missed her out

nós não a incluímos

II . miss out VB intr

to miss out on sth

ficar de fora de a. c.

missionary <-ies> [ˈmɪʃəneri, Brit -nəri] N

missionary

missionário(-a) m (f)

missile [ˈmɪsəl, Brit -saɪl] N

missile

projétil m

missile

míssil m

depend [dɪˈpend] VB intr

to depend on sb (trust)

depender de alguém

to depend on sth (be determined by)

depender de a. c.

depending on the weather...

dependendo do tempo...

depending on the weather...

se o tempo permitir...

expend [ɪkˈspend] VB trans (energy, money)

expend

gastar

miser [ˈmaɪzər, Brit -əʳ] N

miser

avarento(-a) m (f)

misery [ˈmɪzəri] N

1. misery (unhappiness):

misery

angústia f

misery

tristeza f

to make sb's life a misery

atormentar alguém

to put sb out of his/her misery

satisfazer a curiosidade de alguém

2. misery (extreme poverty):

misery

miséria f

misuse¹ [ˌmɪsˈjuːs] N

misuse

mau uso m

misuse (funds)

malversação f

misprint [ˈmɪsprɪnt] N

misprint

erro m de impressão

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The fund released 12 reports on its website earlier this month that turned up an additional $20 million of mismanagement, alleged fraud and misspending.

www.thejournal.ie

That honourable minister was able to misspend $50 million on parks and gazebos in his riding without so much as a sign-off or paper trail.

www.netnewsledger.com

Others say that effective prevention efforts have been stymied by insufficient funds and misspending on flawed initiatives.

news.harvard.edu

In particular, he focused on misspending on federal information technology projects.

www.govexec.com

There can be poor management, mismanagement, decision-making related to stock performance instead of getting the maximum performance out of its mining operations, overspending, misspending... you get the idea.

www.marketoracle.co.uk

Administrators have adopted the recommendations of the legislative auditor, who last month issued a scathing report that cited misspending and overspending under the previous board.

www.nola.com

All we're doing is enabling the government to carry on misspending our money.

news.stv.tv

She is also accused of misspending state funds.

www.independent.co.uk

In a sector with a history of misspending, it's now crucial that such an unexpected surplus is not wasted.

www.afr.com

He was accused of misspending government funds and a later investigation found that there was some truth to these accusations.

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