alargar

alargar

1. to lengthen, elongate

   Synonym: alungar (Balkan)

alargar (first-person singular present indicative alargo, past participle alargado)

1. to widen

• alhargar

From a- +‎ largo (“wide”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧lar‧gar

alargar (first-person singular present alargo, first-person singular preterite alarguei, past participle alargado)

1. to widen (to make or become wider or broader)

   Synonym: estender

   Antonym: estreitar

   Alargaram o canal com uma draga.

   They widened the canal with a dredge.

2. to increase the scope or extent of

   Synonyms: ampliar, aumentar, estender

   Alarguei a rede de área local da minha casa.

   I enlarged my house’s local area network.

From a- +‎ largo (“long”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /alaɾˈɡaɾ/ [a.laɾˈɣ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lar‧gar

alargar (first-person singular present alargo, first-person singular preterite alargué, past participle alargado)

1. to lengthen
   • 2 November 2009, ABC.es, Francisco de Andrés, Los fantasmas de Ceaucescu^[1]:

     Además, los encausados «logran alargar los procesos» de modo indefinido, y, cuando llegan las penas «muchos saben cómo dejarlas en suspenso», se queja el Fiscal anticorrupción rumano.

     However, the accused "can lengthen the proceedings" indefinitely, and, when the sentencing comes, "many know how to put them on hold", complains the Romanian anti-corruption prosecutor.

   Synonym: elongar

2. to stretch, to extend

• “alargar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024