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gasto

expense

noun GAHS-toh Less Common
People & Society Money

Also means

expenditure

Usage Note

Gasto can be a single expense (un gasto imprevisto, an unexpected expense) or total expenditure (el gasto público, public spending). The related verb gastar means both 'to spend' and 'to use up/wear out'. Gastos (plural) often appears in accounting contexts meaning costs or charges.

Examples

"El gasto en educación ha subido."

Natural Translation

Spending on education has risen.

Literal Translation

The spending in education has risen.

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