# despensa
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* dispensa

### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. A semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin dispensa, from Latin dispendere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [desˈpensɐ]

### Noun

despensa f (plural despensas)
* (archaic) expenses
** 1305, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 496:Et mando que baa por min huun ome en rromaria a santa Maria de Rocamador por mia alma et lle den dozentos mrs. para despensa et cen soldos para offerir a o altar de Santa Maria et cento cinquaenta soldos para dar a os pobres pelo camiñoI order that a man goes in pilgrimage in my name and for my soul to Saint Mary of Rocamadour; and they must give to him two hundred maravedis for expenses and a hundred solidi as offering to the altar of Saint Mary and a hundred and fifty solidi for giving to the poors along the way
* pantry, larder
** 1373, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:Item duas arquas grandes para ceuada et hua enna despensa et hua sen cuberturaItem, two large arks for barley and one in the pantry [or larder] and one without cover

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “despensa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “despensa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “despensa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “despensa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “despensa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese despesa, despensa, from Late Latin dispensa, from Latin dispendere. Doublet of despesa and dispensa.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /desˈpẽ.sɐ/, /d͡ʒisˈpẽ.sɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /desˈpẽ.sɐ/, /d͡ʒisˈpẽ.sɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʃˈpẽ.sɐ/, /d͡ʒiʃˈpẽ.sɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /desˈpẽ.sa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃˈpẽ.sɐ/
* Homophone: dispensa
* Hyphenation: des‧pen‧sa

### Noun

despensa f (plural despensas)
* pantry

## Spanish
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin dispēnsa, from dispēnsō (“to dispense, to distribute”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /desˈpensa/ [d̪esˈpẽn.sa]
* Rhymes: -ensa
* Syllabification: des‧pen‧sa

### Noun

despensa f (plural despensas)
* pantry, larder
    Synonym: (Mexico) alacena

#### Related terms

* dispensación
* dispensar
* dispensario
* pensar

### Further reading

* “despensa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10