esparcir
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin spargere, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”). Cognate with English sparge. Also compare English sparse.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /espaɾˈθiɾ/ [es.paɾˈθiɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /espaɾˈsiɾ/ [es.paɾˈsiɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: es‧par‧cir
Verb
[edit]esparcir (first-person singular present esparzo, first-person singular preterite esparcí, past participle esparcido)
- (transitive) to scatter, disperse; to sprinkle; to fire out
- (transitive) to entertain, divert
- (transitive) to circulate, spread (news)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of esparcir (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of esparcir (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “esparcir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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