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No. 8,464 in Catalan

dispersar

To scatter or spread.

In a sentence

  • El vent va dispersar les fulles pel jardí.

    The wind dispersed the leaves around the garden.

    In this sentence, 'dispersar' is used to describe the act of spreading something over a wide area, which in this context are the leaves being spread by the wind.

  • Van haver de dispersar la multitud per mantenir l'ordre.

    They had to disperse the crowd to maintain order.

    Here, 'dispersar' refers to the action of scattering a group of people, typically performed to avoid chaos or disturbance.

  • Amb el temps, el seu grup d'amics es va anar dispersant.

    Over time, their group of friends started dispersing.

    In this example, 'dispersar' is used metaphorically to denote the gradual separation or scattering of a group, in this case, a group of friends drifting apart.

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