ensanchar

From Early Medieval Latin examplāre, from Latin amplus.

• IPA^(key): [ensanˈt͡ʃaɾ]

ensanchar (first-person singular present ensancho, first-person singular preterite ensanchei, past participle ensanchado)

1. (rare) to widen

   Synonym: anchear

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:

     se o Cauallo for nouo deue comer eruas et feo con orio et con outras qousas semellauelles, ou sen orio como herua et feo a auendo, ca estas coussas ensancham et allargan o uentre

     if the horse is young, he must eat grasses and hay with barley and other similar things, or without barely, grass and hay if there is some, because these things widen and expand the belly

• ancho

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ensanch”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ensanchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ensanchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ensanchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin examplāre, from Latin amplus.

• IPA^(key): /ensanˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽn.sãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧san‧char

ensanchar (first-person singular present ensancho, first-person singular preterite ensanché, past participle ensanchado)

1. to widen, expand

   Synonyms: agrandar, ampliar, extender

• “ensanchar”, 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