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How to Say "to spare" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “to spare” is “ahorrar” — B1 level.

English → SpanishB1
verbB1
avoiding unnecessary use
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Examples

Tomar la autopista nos ayuda a ahorrar tiempo.

Taking the highway helps us save time.

Debemos ahorrar agua y electricidad en casa para proteger el medio ambiente.

We must conserve water and electricity at home to protect the environment.

Este nuevo sistema nos ahorra mucho esfuerzo.

This new system saves us a lot of effort.

Saving Effort

When using 'ahorrar' with effort or time, it often takes an indirect object pronoun (like 'nos' or 'me') to indicate who benefits from the saving: 'Me ahorra trabajo' (It saves me work).

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