esparramar

Meaning

to strew (to distribute pieces), to scatter

Hyphenated as
es‧par‧ra‧mar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/is.pa.ʁaˈma(ʁ)/
Etymology

From esparrama, corruption of espalha a rama "scatter roots," from the Brazilian proverb Batatinha, quando nasce, espalha a rama pelo chão. The corrupted form was assumed to be a verb conjugated in the third‐person present indicative.

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