espalhar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From es- +‎ palha (“straw”) +‎ -ar, from Latin palea (“straw”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧pa‧lhar === Verb === espalhar (first-person singular present espalho, first-person singular preterite espalhei, past participle espalhado) to spread; to scatter Synonyms: difundir, distribuir, dispersar espalhar-se como um rastilho de pólvora ― to spread like wildfire (literally, “to spread oneself as a gunpowder fuse”) espalhar-se como um relâmpago ― to spread like wildfire (literally, “to spread oneself as a lightning bolt”) to rumor (to tell a rumour or gossip to a number of people) to thresh Synonym: malhar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== espalha-brasa ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “espalhar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “espalhar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026