WorddesperdiciarMeaningto wastePart of speechverbPronunciationCourseSpanish (Latin America)LessonThe past perfect subjunctive (hubiera)Usages of desperdiciarÉl tenía un gran potencial; lamenté que lo hubiera desperdiciado.He had a great potential; I regretted that he had wasted it.Ojalá no hubiéramos desperdiciado la juventud.I wish we had not wasted our youth.