espalhar
Portuguese, verb/is.paˈʎa(ʁ)/
espalhar is spelled E-S-P-A-L-H-A-R (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to spread; to scatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “distribuir sobre uma superfície”.
What does espalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spread; to scatter
espalhar-se como um rastilho de pólvora
- 2
to rumor (to tell a rumour or gossip to a number of people)
- 3
to thresh
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. distribuir sobre uma superfície 2. exibir ou mostrar para apreciação 3. dispor ou distribuir em uma camada 4. aplicar uma fina camada
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espalhar
- espalho first-person present singular
- espalhei first-person preterite singular
- espalhado participle past
- espalhares infinitive second-person singular
- espalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- espalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- espalharem infinitive plural third-person
- espalhando gerund
- espalhados masculine participle past
- espalhada feminine participle past
- espalhadas feminine participle past
- espalhas indicative present second-person
- espalha indicative present singular
- espalhamos first-person indicative plural
- espalhais indicative plural present
- espalham indicative plural present
- espalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- espalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espalhar?
- Brazil /is.paˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.paˈʎa(h)]
- Brazil /es.paˈʎa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espalhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espalhar in Portuguese?
espalhar appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).