spandere
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin expandere. Compare the doublet espandere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]spàndere (first-person singular present spàndo, first-person singular past historic spànsi or (uncommon) spandétti or (ditto, traditional) spandètti, past participle spànto or spànso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to arrange or spread uniformly on a surface (especially of something liquid or granular)
- spandere la vernice sulla tela
- to spread the paint on the canvas
- spandere il grano sull'aia
- to scatter the grain about the threshing floor
- (by extension) to spill
- (figurative, by extension) to shed (tears)
- to give off, emanate, or radiate (a smell, light, etc.)
- to spread (an idea, etc.)
- (literary) to spread; to stretch out (one's wings, etc.)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of spàndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Uncommon.
2Traditional.
Derived terms
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- Italian terms inherited from Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/andere/3 syllables
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