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10 Language-to-English DictionariesEspalhar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: es-pal-yar
"O vento começou a espalhar as folhas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To cause to separate and go in different directions.
"The wind began to scatter the leaves across the yard."
- 1
A small amount of something that has been spread out.
"There was a scatter of seeds on the ground after the birds had eaten."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'scateren', possibly of Scandinavian origin or a variant of Old English 'toscealdan' (to shed, disperse). Historical evolution shifted from physical military routs to general physical dispersion of objects and living beings across a surface.
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Éparpiller
Transliteration: eh-par-pee-yay
"Le vent a commencé à éparpiller les feuilles."
Streuen
Transliteration: stroi-en
"Der Wind begann, die Blätter zu streuen."
Spargere
Transliteration: spar-je-re
"Il vento ha iniziato a spargere le foglie."
Esparcir
Transliteration: es-par-seer
"El viento comenzó a esparcir las hojas."
Espalhar
Transliteration: es-pal-yar
"O vento começou a espalhar as folhas."
बिखेरना
Transliteration: bikherna
"हवा ने पत्तों को बिखेरना शुरू कर दिया।"
散布
Transliteration: sàn bù
"风开始把树叶散布到各处。"
흩어지다
Transliteration: heuteojida
"바람이 나뭇잎을 흩어지게 하기 시작했다."
散らす
Transliteration: chirasu
"風が葉を散らし始めた。"
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