alargar

Ladino

Verb

alargar (Latin spelling)

1. to lengthen, elongate

   Synonym: alungar (Balkan)

Mirandese

Verb

alargar (first-person singular present indicative alargo, past participle alargado)

1. to widen

Alternative forms

• alhargar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ largo (“wide”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧lar‧gar

Verb

alargar (first-person singular present alargo, first-person singular preterite alarguei, past participle alargado)

1. to widen (to make or become wider or broader)

   Synonym: extender

   Antonym: estreitar

   Alargaram o canal com uma draga.

   They widened the canal with a dredge.

2. to increase the scope or extent of

   Synonyms: ampliar, aumentar, extender

   Alarguei a rede de área local da minha casa.

   I enlarged my house’s local area network.

Conjugation

Related terms

• alargado
• alargador
• alargamento
• largo

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ largo (“long”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaɾˈɡaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lar‧gar

Verb

alargar (first-person singular present alargo, first-person singular preterite alargué, past participle alargado)

1. to lengthen
   • 2 November 2009, ABC.es, Francisco de Andrés, Los fantasmas de Ceaucescu:

     Además, los encausados «logran alargar los procesos» de modo indefinido, y, cuando llegan las penas «muchos saben cómo dejarlas en suspenso», se queja el Fiscal anticorrupción rumano.

     However, the accused "can lengthen the proceedings" indefinitely, and, when the sentencing comes, "many know how to put them on hold", complains the Romanian anti-corruption prosecutor.

   Synonym: elongar

2. to stretch, to extend

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “alargar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014