spend in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for spend in the English»French Dictionary

I.spend [Brit spɛnd, Am spɛnd] N FIN

spend

frais mpl

II.spend <pret, pp spent> [Brit spɛnd, Am spɛnd] VB trans

1. spend (pay out):

spend money, salary

dépenser

to spend money on clothes/food/rent

dépenser son argent en vêtements/en nourriture/en loyer

how much do you spend on food?

combien est-ce que tu dépenses en nourriture?

to spend money on one's house/children/hobbies

dépenser de l'argent pour la maison/les enfants/les loisirs

to spend a fortune on books

dépenser une fortune en livres

he didn't spend a penny on his son's education

il n'a pas dépensé un sou pour l'éducation de son fils

2. spend time:

spend

passer

I spent three weeks in China

j'ai passé trois semaines en Chine

they will spend a day in Rome

ils passeront une journée à Rome

he spent the night with me

il a passé la nuit avec moi

I spent two hours on my essay

j'ai passé deux heures sur ma dissertation

to spend hours/one's life doing

passer des heures/sa vie à faire

I want to spend some time with my family

je veux passer un peu de temps avec ma famille

3. spend (exhaust):

spend ammunition, energy, resources

épuiser

III.spend <pret, pp spent> [Brit spɛnd, Am spɛnd] VB intr

spend

dépenser

IV.to spend itself VB refl

to spend itself refl < pret, pp spent> storm:

to spend itself

s'apaiser

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recklessly promise, spend

de manière inconsciente

fruitfully spend time

de façon fructueuse

prodigally spend, use

de façon prodigue

to spend one's time in idle chit-chat

perdre son temps en bavardages

productively spend time

utilement

lavishly spend

sans compter

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découcher

to spend the night away from home

passer ses vacances dans un bled perdu

to spend one's holiday in a godforsaken hole Brit inf

passer ses vacances dans un bled perdu

to spend one's vacation in the boondocks Am

hiverner personnes:

to spend the winter

spend in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for spend in the English»French Dictionary

I.spend <spent, spent> [spend] VB trans

1. spend (pay out):

spend money

dépenser

the years of spend, spend, spend

les années fpl de surconsommation

2. spend (pass):

spend time, night

passer

to spend the night with sb

passer la nuit avec qn (au lit)

the storm spent itself

l'orage s'est calmé

II.spend <spent, spent> [spend] VB intr

spend

dépenser de l'argent

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to spend time in the hospital

être hospitalisé

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to spend the entire night out

employer du temps à qc

to spend time on sth

déloger

to spend the (entire) night out

faire des frais

to spend money

dépenser

to spend

manger/dépenser avec/sans excès

to eat/spend to excess/in moderation

occuper temps

to spend

c'est une grosse dépense

it's a lot of money (to spend)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He spent that season on the teams' practice squad.

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He then spent the next year focused on breaking video game records and eventually broke 742 of them.

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He increased his time spent at the table practising.

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There, she spent 30 of her 54 days at sea.

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Her interests include reading, spending time with friends and family, and swimming.

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In this position, he spent about two hours before the meeting and then after another four hours.

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The player then spends centuries tracking this boat down.

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There they spent ten days on the move, during which they were fed by local villagers.

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It was said that he was given a poison where he spent that night.

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It spends the rest of the year at sea.

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