economize

English

Alternative forms

economise (UK)
œconomise (obsolete)
œconomize (archaic)

Etymology

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /iˈkɑnəmaɪz/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /iˈkɒnəmaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Verb

economize (third-person singular simple present economizes, present participle economizing, simple past and past participle economized)

(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).
(transitive) To use frugally.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

to use sparingly

Arabic: اِقْتَصَدَ (iqtaṣada), اِدَّخَرَ (iddaḵara)
Catalan: economitzar (ca), estalviar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 慳皮／悭皮 (haan¹ pei^4-2)

Mandarin: 節約／节约 (zh) (jiéyuē), 節省／节省 (zh) (jiéshěng), 撙節／撙节 (zh) (zǔnjié)
Dutch: bezuinigen (nl), economiseren (nl)
Esperanto: ŝpari
French: économiser (fr), épargner (fr)
German: einsparen (de), ökonomisieren (de)
Greek: οικονομώ (el) (oikonomó)
Ido: sparar (io)
Japanese: 節約する (せつやくする, setsuyaku suru)
Kazakh: үнемдеу (ünemdeu)
Korean: 절약하다 (ko) (jeoryakhada)
Maori: whakamoamoa, whāomoomo, whakaomoomo
Polish: oszczędzać (pl) impf, oszczędzić (pl) pf, zaoszczędzić (pl) pf
Russian: эконо́мить (ru) impf (ekonómitʹ), сэконо́мить (ru) pf (sɛkonómitʹ), эконо́мничать (ru) impf (ekonómničatʹ) (colloquial), сберега́ть (ru) impf (sberegátʹ), сбере́чь (ru) pf (sberéčʹ)
Spanish: economizar (es), ahorrar (es)

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Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} оща́дити (oščádyty), ^{(please verify)} заоща́джувати (zaoščádžuvaty)

Portuguese

Verb

economize

inflection of economizar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative