pierde Verb, pierde ▼ ▶

1. (transitive) to lose
   Mi-am pierdut ceasul!

   I've lost my watch!

   Nu vreau să pierd acest joc.

   I don't want to lose this game.
2. (transitive) to waste
   a-și pierde timpul

   to waste time
3. (reflexive) to be or become lost
   M-am pierdut, puteți să-mi spuneți cum să ajung pe drumul principal, vă rog?

   I'm lost, can you please tell me how to get to the main road?

Appox. usage (any sense): 656 per million words

cheltui Verb, cheltui

1. to spend (money)
2. to waste, to expend

Appox. usage (any sense): 28.6 per million words

irosi Verb, irosi ▼ ▶

1. (transitive, reflexive) to waste, to squander
   Synonyms: risipi
2. (reflexive) to waste efforts (putting a lot of effort into a fruitless endeavor)

Appox. usage (any sense): 18 per million words

risipă Noun, f, risipă

1. waste

Appox. usage (any sense): 4.76 per million words

pierde-vară Noun, m, pierde-vară ▼ ▶

1. one who wastes time, do-nothing, lazybones; good-for-nothing
   Synonyms: târâie-brâu
   • 1880, Ion Creangă, Memories of My Boyhood, part I:
     Până-n seară, am și colindat mai tot satul, ba și pe la scăldat am tras o raită, cu prietenul meu Chiriac al lui Goian, un lainic și un pierde-vară ca și mine.: Until evening I had sung Christmas carols the entire village through, and even went for a swim on top of that, with my friend Chiriac son of Goian, a rambler and lazybones like me.
   • 1881, Mihai Eminescu, Scrisoarea IV 127–130:
     Să aluneci pe poleiul de pe ulițele ninse,<br>Să privești prin lucii geamuri la luminile aprinse<br>Și s-o vezi înconjurată de un roi de pierde-vară,<br>Cum zâmbește tuturora cu gândirea ei ușoară?: To slip on the black ice on the snow-covered streets,<br>To look at the burning lights through shiny windows<br>And see her, circled by a crowd of good-for-nothings,<br>smiling to all with her easy thoughts?

Appox. usage (any sense): 1.04 per million words

păpa Verb, păpa ▼ ▶

1. (childish) to nom, to eat
   Synonyms: mânca
2. (informal, of money or a fortune, etc) to squander, to waste, to piss away

Appox. usage (any sense): 7.17 per million words

irosire Noun, f, irosire

1. waste

Appox. usage (any sense): 0.721 per million words

risipire Noun, f, risipire

1. waste

Appox. usage (any sense): 0.141 per million words

maculatură Noun, f, maculatură

1. maculature, paper waste

Appox. usage (any sense): 0.114 per million words

brac Noun, n, brac ▼ ▶

1. defective goods, leftovers, waste
   Synonyms: rest, rămășiță

Appox. usage (any sense): 0.054 per million words

iroseală Noun, f, iroseală

1. waste

Appox. usage (any sense): 0.054 per million words

extenua Verb, extenua ▼ ▶

1. (reflexive, transitive) to exhaust or tire (oneself) wear out
   Synonyms: istovi, obosi, epuiza
2. (reflexive, transitive) to extenuate; to waste

Appox. usage (any sense): 2.89 per million words

risipi Verb, risipi

1. to strew, scatter, disperse
2. to dispel, dissipate
3. to waste
4. to remove, clear away

Appox. usage (any sense): 6.43 per million words

diveseală Noun, diveseală

1. waste

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words

izbâdă Noun, izbâdă

1. waste

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words

izidă Noun, izidă

1. waste

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words

afierosi Verb, afierosi ▼ ▶

1. (archaic, transitive) to waste, to squander
   Synonyms: irosi, risipi
2. (archaic, reflexive) to dedicate oneself
   Synonyms: se dedica, se consacra, se devota

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words