sprinkle

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
2. (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
3. (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
4. (intransitive) To rain very lightly outside.
5. (transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

Noun

1. A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
2. A light rain shower.
3. An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.
4. A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc.

Conceptos

rociar

salpicar

regar

asperjar

lloviznar

polvorear

rocío

espolvorear

surgir

brotar

sembrar

🌱

expolveriar

escupir

esparcir

festejar

llenar

mojar

tirar

chispear

rociada

asperger

arrojar

Sinónimos

scatter

spray

splash

water

🚰

spatter

drizzle

strew

wet

spread

shower

🚿

spurt

spill

pour

sprinkling

disseminate

sparge

sow

moisten

dot

squirt

besprinkle

dust

splatter

pour down

scattering

spit

pour on

pour out

bespatter

spout

splosh

bespangle

pepper

soak

disperse

shed

pour down upon

dash

💨

throw

toss

pour water

mizzle

drop

drip

pitter-patter

squander

patter

sew

bedew

shatter

Traducciones

asperger

spruzzare

saupoudrer

🧂

arroser

🚰

spritzen

borrifar

esquitxar

besprenkelen

ruixar

bespritzen

ραντίζω

besprühen

🚿

besprengen

aspergere

irrorare

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈspɹɪŋkəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: sprenkelen

Cognado con neerlandés: sprenkelen

Cognado con alemán: sprenkeln

In summary

From Middle English sprenkelen, sprynklen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen, equivalent to sprink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”), German Low German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle; dapple”), German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle”).