What is the Latin word for spare?

The usual Latin words for “spare” are abundō, servō, reservō; also condō, recondō, temperō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“spare” in Latin

abundōto overflow, flow over or down; to abound or overflow in; to exceed (in)servōto maintain, keep; to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over; to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, obser reservōto reserve, retain, save; to keep or hold back or in reserve; to spare condōto put together; to build, establish; form, fashion; make, construct; to put away, store or treasure up; preserve; inter recondōto put away, stow away, hoard; to hide or conceal temperōto divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate; to combine, compound or blend properly; to rule, regulate, govern, manage, ar indulgeōto be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to); to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), in impēnsaexpense, outlay, cost gravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hard

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

spare adj.

Lean, Vid:

Superfluous, abundans [Vid: SUPERFLUOUS]. Spare time; Vid: LEISURE.

spare v.

To reserve, servare: reservare: condere: recondere, aliquid. ☞ Not parcere, comparcere, aliquid in this sense.

To use or apply carefully or parsimoniously, parcere alicui rei. To spare pains, expense, parcere labori, impensae: to spare no pains about anything, graviter, strenue laborare, elaborare in aliqua re; sedulo agere aliquid (after Cic.). To spare one’s praises, maligne laudare (opposed to non maligne, plena manu, laudare). To spare the butter, parce uti butyro: to spare one’s words, parcere verbis (Sen., Ep., 29, 1). To spare no entreaties, omnibus precibus petere, contendere; etiam atque etiam rogare (after Cic.). To have no time to spare, vacui temporis nihil habere.

To leave off, omit, supersedere aliqua re; omittere aliquid.

To refrain from severity, parcere alicui (general term): temperare (to be moderate or gentle): indulgere (to be lenient), alicui.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for spare?: The usual Latin words for “spare” are abundō, servō, reservō; also condō, recondō, temperō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.