Shpenzues

Shpenzues is an Albanian noun meaning “spender” or “one who spends.” It is formed from the verb shpenzoj, meaning to spend, with the agent-noun suffix -ues. The feminine form is shpenzuese. In standard Albanian, shpenzues refers to a person who spends money, and may describe either an individual or a group, depending on context.

Usage and nuance: Shpenzues is a neutral term that can appear in everyday speech as well as in economic or budgeting discussions when describing spending behavior. It is not a technical accounting term; for more formal discussion of costs and expenditures, Albanian uses terms such as shpenzim (expense) or buxhet (budget). The word can be paired with adjectives to convey sentiment, for example shpenzues i kujdesshëm (a careful spender) or shpenzues i madh (a big spender).

Etymology and grammar: The word demonstrates a common Albanian pattern of forming agent nouns by adding -ues to verb stems, here from shpenzoj. This pattern yields a masculine noun; the corresponding feminine form is shpenzuese, and both forms participate in standard Albanian sentence agreement and morphology.

Overall, shpenzues is a standard lexical item in Albanian for describing someone who spends money, with clear parallels to other agent-noun formations in the language.

See also: Albanian language, shpenzim, agent noun, shpenzuese.