spent

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈspɛnt/
• SAMPA: /"spEnt/

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Verb

Plain form spend

Third person singular spends

Simple past spent

Past participle spent

Present participle spending

1. The past tense and past participle of spend. <> kashe kuɗi ko wani abu.

   I spent all my money buying that house. <> Na kashe duk kuɗi na siyan gidannan.

2. (time) shafe lokaci.

   He has spent a combined total of 10 years in prison for showing too much skin in public, having been arrested multiple times. [1] <> Ya shafe shekara 10 a gidan kurkuku saboda fita tsirara a bainar jama'a baya ga cewa an sha tsare shi. [2]

Adjective

Positive spent

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If something is spent it is used up, exhausted, depleted. <> a gajiye, wanda ya gajiya.

   After running 10 miles, I'm completely spent. <> Bayan gudun mil goma, na gaji kwata-kwata.