sparge

English

WOTD – 16 October 2012    

Pronunciation

• IPA: /spɑɹd͡ʒ/

Verb

sparge (third-person singular simple present sparges, present participle sparging, simple past and past participle sparged)

1. To sprinkle or spray
2. To introduce bubbles into a liquid

   Bubble machines sparge water for platform diving competitions to lessen the impact.

Translations

to sprinkle or spray

• Dutch: sprenkelen (nl)
• Finnish: pirskottaa (fi) (sprinkle), sumuttaa (fi) (spray)

to introduce bubbles

• Finnish: kuplittaa (fi)

Anagrams

• gapers
• gasper
• grapes
• pagers

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Italian

Verb

sparge

1. third-person singular present indicative of spargere

Anagrams

• sperga

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Latin

Verb

sparge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of spargō

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin spargere, present active infinitive of spargō (“scatter”).

Verb

a sparge (third-person singular present sparge, past participle spart) 3rd conj.

1. to break, burst, shatter, snap
2. to destroy, crush

Conjugation

    sparge (Third conjugation)

infinitive			a sparge
gerund			spărgând
past participle			spart
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	sparg	spargi	sparge	spargem	spargeți	sparg
	imperfect	spărgeam	spărgeai	spărgea	spărgeam	spărgeați	spărgeau
	simple perfect	sparsei	sparseși	sparse	sparserăm	sparserăți	sparseră
	pluperfect	sparsesem	sparseseși	sparsese	sparseserăm	sparseserăți	sparseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să sparg	să spargi	să spargă	să spargem	să spargeți	să spargă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		sparge			spargeți
	negative		nu sparge			nu spargeți

Synonyms

• crăpa, rupe, frânge

Derived terms

• spargere