| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| spend sth vtr | (disburse money) | spendera⇒ vtr |
| | (slang, negativt) | slösa⇒ vtr |
| | The government is going to spend this money on projects. |
| | Regeringen ska spendera de här pengarna på projekt. |
while sth away,
wile sth away vtr phrasal sep | (time: spend idly) (tid) | spendera⇒ vtr |
| | | fördriva⇒ vtr |
| | I whiled away a few minutes looking in shop windows. |
| expend sth vtr | (money: consume, spend) | lägga ner ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | spendera⇒ vtr |
| | We have expended the whole budget just getting our office opened. |
| spend sth vtr | (pass time) (tid) | tillbringa⇒, spendera⇒ vtr |
| | I'm going to spend the day with my family. |
| | Jag ska tillbringa dagen med min familj. |
| pay out sth vtr phrasal insep | (spend: a sum of money) | spendera⇒ vtr |
| | (vardagligt) | punga ut med ngt vbal uttr |
| | I paid out a lot of money for this expensive computer. |
| lay sth out vtr phrasal sep | informal (spend: money) (pengar) | lägga ner ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | spendera⇒ vtr |
| | | göra av med ngt vbal uttr |
| | Her father will have to lay out a lot of money to pay for her wedding. |
| wear sth away vtr phrasal sep | figurative (pass time) | spendera⇒ vtr |
| | | tillbringa⇒ vtr |
| | They wore the night away with stories of their youth. |
| Sammansatta former: |
| get lucky v expr | (have sexual encounter) (bildlig) | få till det vbal uttr |
| | | ta med sig ngn hem vbal uttr |
| | | spendera natten med ngn vbal uttr |
| get lucky with sb v expr | (have sexual encounter with) (bildlig) | få till det med ngn vbal uttr |
| | | ta med sig ngn hem vbal uttr |
| | | spendera natten med ngn vbal uttr |
| have time on your hands v expr | figurative (have spare time) | ha tid att spendera vbal uttr |
| | (vardaglig) | ha tid över vbal uttr |
| lash out vi phrasal | UK, informal (extravagantly spend money) | slå på stort vbal uttr |
| | | spendera mycket pengar vbal uttr |
| | For our last holiday, we lashed out and booked a posh hotel. |
| lash out on sth vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (extravagantly spend money on) | slå på stort vbal uttr |
| | | spendera mycket pengar vbal uttr |
| | For his 50th, James lashed out on a sports car. |
| lash out sth on sth v expr | UK, informal (extravagantly spend sum of money on) | spendera mycket av ngt på ngt vbal uttr |
| | | slösa med ngt på ngt vbal uttr |
| | I've just lashed out £2,000 on a holiday. |
| outspend sb vtr | (spend more than) | spendera mer än vbal uttr |
| | (vardagligt) | göra av med mer än vbal uttr |
| overspend vi | (spend too much money) | slösa vitr |
| | | spendera för mycket vbal uttr |
| | Receiving a small inheritance, Bill began to overspend alarmingly. |
| overspend sth vtr | (spend more than allocated) | spendera för mycket av ngt vbal uttr |
| | (budget) | spräcka⇒ vtr |
| | That department has overspent its budget. |
pass time,
pass the time v expr | (avoid boredom) | få tiden att gå vbal uttr |
| | (generell) | spendera tid vtr + s |
| | Carol was doing a crossword to pass the time. |
| pay good money for sth v expr | informal (pay a considerable sum for sth) | betala bra pengar för ngt vbal uttr |
| | | betala mycket pengar för ngt vbal uttr |
| | | spendera mycket pengar på ngt vbal uttr |
| | I paid good money for this, but now I find it's a worthless piece of junk. |
| spaff sth vtr | vulgar, informal, UK (large sum: spend wastefully) | slösa vitr |
| | | spendera mycket pengar på ngt vbal uttr |
| spend money vtr + n | (use money, buy things) | spendera pengar vtr + spl |
| | | använda pengar vtr + spl |
| | Walks in the countryside are one activity you can do without needing to spend money. |
| spend money on sth v expr | (use money to buy) | spendera pengar på ngt vbal uttr |
| spend time vtr + n | (pass time) | tillbringa tid, spendera tid vtr + s |
| | (vardagligt) | hänga vitr |
| | | fördriva tiden vtr + s |
| | She often spends time at my house after school. |
| spend time with sb v expr | (be in company of) | spendera tid med ngn vbal uttr |
| | (slang) | hänga med ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| | | umgås med ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| | I love spending time with my family. |
| spendable adj | (that may be spent) | spenderbar adj |
| | | förbrukningsbar adj |
| | | som går att spendera adj |
| spending money n | (cash to spend on luxuries) | pengar att spendera s |
| | I saved up so I'd have spending money for a diamond ring. |
| summer vi | (spend the summer) | spendera sommaren, tillbringa sommaren vtr + s |
| | They summer in the mountains. |
| weekend vi | US (spend the weekend) | tillbringa helgen, spendera helgen vitr |
| | We weekended at the beach. |