Meanings (ES + gloss)
malgastar energías
To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts.
I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.
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