espalhar

Portuguese

Etymology

es- + palha (straw) + -ar, from Latin palea (straw).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɨʃ.pɐ.ˈʎaɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /iʃ.pa.ˈʎa(ʁ)/, /is.pa.ˈʎa(ʁ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌes.pa.ˈʎa(ɻ)/
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧lhar

Verb

espalhar (first-person singular present indicative espalho, past participle espalhado)

  1. to spread; to scatter
  2. to rumor (to tell a rumour or gossip to a number of people)
  3. to thresh

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • espalha-brasa
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