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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
disperso
- first-person singular present indicative of dispersar
Italian
Etymology
From Latin dispersus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disˈpɛr.so/
- Rhymes: -ɛrso
- Hyphenation: di‧spèr‧so
Participle
disperso (feminine dispersa, masculine plural dispersi, feminine plural disperse)
- past participle of dispergere
Adjective
disperso (feminine dispersa, masculine plural dispersi, feminine plural disperse)
- scattered, dispersed
- sparse
- lost, missing
Derived terms
Noun
disperso m (plural dispersi, feminine dispersa)
- missing person, especially a soldier
Further reading
- disperso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
dispersō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dispersus
Portuguese
Verb
disperso
- first-person singular present indicative of dispersar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disˈpeɾso/
- Rhymes: -eɾso
- Syllabification: dis‧per‧so
Etymology 1
From Latin dispersus.
Adjective
disperso (feminine dispersa, masculine plural dispersos, feminine plural dispersas)
- dispersed, spread out
- (military, obsolete) missing in action
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
disperso
- first-person singular present indicative of dispersar
Further reading