spread
transitive or intransitive verb
PAST: spread; PART: spread |
estender
EN But for the brilliant green of the huge leaves that spread from their summits in long, tremulous lines, dallying with the Zephyrs, one might have fancied them giant serpents of Syria doing homage to their sovereign the Sun.
GL De non ser polo verdor brillante das enormes follas que se estendían desde o alto nunhas liñas longas e trementes que coqueteaban cos céfiros, podíase pensar que eran as serpes xigantes de Siria que homenaxeaban ó Sol, o seu soberano.
Fonte: LEO (30)
espallar
EN The science of our time has attacked but a little department of the field of human disease, but even so, it spreads its operations very steadily and persistently.
GL A ciencia do noso tempo só atacou unha pequena parte do campo da enfermidade humana; pero, inda así, espalla as súas operacións a un bo ritmo e con persistencia.
Fonte: TEM (672)
difundir
EN After spreading throughout rural areas of the North, they are now cropping up in Africa, Latin America and Asia, often with support from international development agencies.
GL Despois de se difundir nas zonas rurais do Norte, multiplícanse agora en África, América Latina e Asia, a miúdo co apoio dos organismos internacionais de desenvolvemento.
Fonte: C02 (1207)
noun
difusión
EN From the 15th century on, Djenné also became a centre for the spread of Islam.
GL A partir do século XV, a cidade converteuse nun foco de difusión do Islam.
Fonte: C09 (661)
propagación
EN The timing and spread of the outbreak ties in with the mass destruction of woodland in Shropshire, on the western borders of England.
GL A época e a propagación do mal coinciden coa destrucción masiva dos bosques en Shropshire, no límite occidental de Inglaterra.
Fonte: C18 (773)
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