spandere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin expandere. Compare the doublet espandere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspan.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -andere
  • Hyphenation: spàn‧de‧re

Verb

spàndere (first-person singular present spàndo, first-person singular past historic spànsi or (uncommon) spandétti or (ditto, traditional) spandètti, past participle spànto or spànso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to arrange or spread uniformly on a surface (especially of something liquid or granular)
    spandere la vernice sulla tela
    to spread the paint on the canvas
    spandere il grano sull'aia
    to scatter the grain about the threshing floor
  2. (by extension) to spill
  3. (figurative, by extension) to shed (tears)
  4. to give off, emanate, or radiate (a smell, light, etc.)
  5. to spread (an idea, etc.)
  6. (literary) to spread; to stretch out (one's wings, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of spàndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive spàndere
auxiliary verb avére gerund spandèndo
present participle spandènte past participle spànto, spànso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present spàndo spàndi spànde spandiàmo spandéte spàndono
imperfect spandévo spandévi spandéva spandevàmo spandevàte spandévano
past historic spànsi, spandétti1, spandètti1,2 spandésti spànse, spandétte1, spandètte1,2 spandémmo spandéste spànsero, spandéttero1, spandèttero1,2
future spanderò spanderài spanderà spanderémo spanderéte spanderànno
conditional spanderèi spanderésti spanderèbbe, spanderébbe spanderémmo spanderéste spanderèbbero, spanderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present spànda spànda spànda spandiàmo spandiàte spàndano
imperfect spandéssi spandéssi spandésse spandéssimo spandéste spandéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
spàndi spànda spandiàmo spandéte spàndano
negative imperative non spàndere non spànda non spandiàmo non spandéte non spàndano

1Uncommon.
2Traditional.

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