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espargir
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin spargere (“scatter”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir; from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”).
Pronunciation
Verb
espargir (first-person singular present espargeixo, first-person singular preterite espargí, past participle espargit)
- (transitive) to scatter, to strew, to spread
- Synonyms: escampar, dispersar, disseminar
- Van espargir les seves cendres al riu Garona. ― They scattered his ashes in the River Garonne.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- espargiment
Related terms
Further reading
- “espargir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
- esparzir
- esparger (Trás-os-Montes)
Etymology
From Latin spargō (“scatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧par‧gir
Verb
espargir (first-person singular present esparjo, first-person singular preterite espargi, past participle espargido)
- (transitive) to scatter, to strew, to spread
Conjugation
Further reading
- “espargir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “espargir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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