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esparcir

/espaɾˈsiɾ/ verb C1
  1. to scatter, disperse; to sprinkle; to fire out (transitive)
  2. to entertain, divert (transitive)
  3. to circulate, spread (news) (transitive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
esparcir
Gerund
esparciendo
Past participle
esparcido
Present (yo)
esparzo
Preterite (yo)
esparcí

An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.

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la brisa tutelar esparce aromas
Páginas escogidas, p. 8 · C1
Algunos conjurados habían esparcido en los corredores esas pequeñas bombas Orsini que estallan al ser pisadas.
Juvenilia, p. 33 · C1
¡Qué pintura inimitable de ese maravilloso fenómeno de la vegetación, de aquellas plantas con corazón de madre, absorbiendo el leal carbono de la atmósfera y esparciendo a raudales el oxígeno, la esencia de la vida!
Juvenilia, p. 40 · C1
Poco antes que esparciese
Fábulas en verso castellano, p. 55 · C1

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