No. 4,245 in French
dépensé
Spent.
In a sentence
J'ai dépensé beaucoup d'argent pour acheter cette voiture.
I spent a lot of money to buy this car.
The word 'dépensé' is used to describe the action of spending money in the past tense.
Il semble que tu aies dépensé trop d'énergie à te soucier de cela.
It seems that you have spent too much energy worrying about that.
Here, 'dépensé' conveys the idea of using up energy, metaphorically similar to spending.
Nous avons dépensé toute la journée à préparer cette fête.
We spent the whole day preparing this party.
In this case, 'dépensé' refers to using a period of time on an activity, similar to investing time.
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