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spare
English
- 🔊 thin and fit“the spare figure of a marathon runner”
- 🔊 kept in reserve especially for emergency use“a reserve supply of food”
- 🔊 not taken up by scheduled activities“a free hour between classes”
- 🔊 lacking embellishment or ornamentation“a plain hair style”
- 🔊 lacking in magnitude or quantity“a bare livelihood”
- 🔊 more than is needed, desired, or required“trying to lose excess weight”
- 🔊 a score in tenpins
- 🔊 an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
- 🔊 an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
- 🔊 use frugally or carefully
- 🔊 give up what is not strictly needed“he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey”
- 🔊 refrain from harming
- 🔊 save or relieve from an experience or action“I'll spare you from having to apologize formally”
Spanish
- 🔊 de recambio spare
- 🔊 ahorrar to spare
- 🔊 apiadar to spare
- 🔊 de repuesto spare, backup
- 🔊 repuesto spare, spare part
- 🔊 recambio spare, replacement
- 🔊 evitar to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something)