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dispensa

1. third-person singular past historic of dispenser

• IPA^(key): /diˈspɛn.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsa
• Hyphenation: di‧spèn‧sa

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dīspēnsa, feminine past participle of dīspendō, from Latin dis- + pendō.

dispensa f (plural dispense)

1. distribution, handing out
2. larder, pantry
   • 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XXI, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 147:

     All'ora di pranzo pensò di prepararsi qualcosa, ma la sua dispensa era sfornita. Sostiene Pereira di aver pensato che magari poteva mangiare un boccone al Café Orquídea, anche tardi, e poi andare al giornale.

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3. (furniture) sideboard

   Synonym: buffet

4. instalment/installment
5. exemption, dispensation (from)

• dispendere

dispensa

1. inflection of dispensare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

dispēnsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dispēnsō

• [http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/DISPENSA dispensa] in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

dispensa

1. inflection of dispensar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From French dispenser, from Latin dispensare.

a dispensa (third-person singular present dispensează, past participle dispensat) 1st conj.

1. to dispense

dispensa

1. inflection of dispensar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Spanish dispensa.

• Hyphenation: dis‧pen‧sa
• IPA^(key): /disˈpensa/, [dɪsˈpen.sɐ]

dispensa

1. forgiveness; excuse

   Synonym: paumanhin

2. certificate granting dispensation