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disponer

to have available

verb dees-poh-NEHR Less Common
Grammar & Structure

Origin: From Latin disponere ('to arrange, distribute').

Also means

to arrange

Usage Note

Disponer is most often used in the construction disponer de ('to have at one's disposal'): disponemos de poco tiempo ('we have little time available'). The reflexive disponerse a means 'to be about to / prepare to do something': se dispuso a salir. It is a compound of poner and shares its irregular forms: dispongo, dispuse, dispuesto. The adjective dispuesto also means 'willing' or 'ready'.

Examples

"No dispongo de mucho tiempo hoy."

Natural Translation

I don't have much time today.

Literal Translation

I-don't have-available of much time today.

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