desplegar

Meaning

to deploy, unfold

Concepts

unfold

spread

deploy

unfurl

unroll

develop

spread out

extend

open

unwrap

turn on

stretch

reveal

clarify

promote

raise

splay

stretch out

tauten

mount

account for

advance

construe

display

distribute

evolve

expand

explain

field

grow

increase

account

open up

Synonyms

tender

desenvolver

extender

estirar

desarrollar

desarrollarse

distribuir

explicar

montar

promover

revelar

desenrollar

desplegarse

emplazar

lagar

preparar la cama

extender alguna cosa

abrir

desarrugar lo arrugado

aclarar

alfombrar

cubrir

Hyphenated as

des‧ple‧gar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/despleˈɡaɾ/

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin displicāre, infinitive form of displicō (“to scatter”), from Latin dis- + plicō. By surface analysis, des- (“dis-”) + plegar (“to fold”). Cognate with English deploy and display.