Usage examples of "desperdicies" in Spanish with translation to English

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No deberías desperdiciar tu tiempo. You should not waste your time.
Necesitas dejar de desperdiciar tiempo. You need to stop wasting time.
No debí haber desperdiciado mi tiempo. I shouldn't have wasted my time.
No debemos desperdiciar nuestros recursos energéticos. We mustn't waste our energy resources.
No voy a desperdiciar mi dinero. I'm not going to waste my money.
Ella pensaba que él estaba desperdiciando electricidad. She thought that he was wasting electricity.
Amar a alguien no es nunca un desperdicio. Love is never wasted.
Ella apagó la luz para no desperdiciar electricidad. She turned out the light so as not to waste electricity.
Tom lamentaba haber desperdiciado gran parte de su vida. Tom regretted having wasted a great deal of his life.
Si no hubiera desperdiciado el tiempo, ya habría terminado. If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now.
Él desperdició aquello que había recibido de su padre. He wasted that which he had received from his father.
La vida es muy corta, no deberías desperdiciar tu tiempo. Life being very short, you ought not to waste your time.
Mi madre me dijo que no debía desperdiciar el dinero. Mother told me not to waste the money.
No quiero desperdiciar los mejores años de mi vida por ti. I do not want to waste the best years of my life for you.
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