0 extra and available to use if necessary -- de rechange/secours
1 to give sth to sb when you have more than you need -- mettre à la disposition
2 to save from having to suffer -- épargner
She begged them to spare her father’s life. Elle les a suppliés d’épargner la vie de son père.
She was spared the embarrassment of having to apologize. On lui a épargné l’embarras de devoir s’excuser.
3 to make a big effort, spend a lot of money, etc. -- ne pas ménager les efforts/frais etc.
5 an extra of sth that you can use if necessary -- de rechange
Spare parts for cars and aircraft, toys and pharmaceutical products, all of which endanger the lives of consumers, are to be found on the counterfeit market.
Therefore, at most, only 25% of the entire spare-part market will be affected.
What they did not give us was any training for our motor mechanics or spare parts.
Consequently, spare parts will be cheaper and of better quality.
The market in spare car parts is no exception.
The question has arisen in relation to spare parts for cars, specifically external parts.
Hospitals, for instance, have medicines but no spare parts for their equipment.
Parents often do not even know what risks their children are exposed to or are not at all interested in how they spend their spare time.