alastrar
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- + lastrar (“to ballast”).[1]
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: a‧las‧trar
Verb
[edit]alastrar (first-person singular present alastro, first-person singular preterite alastrei, past participle alastrado)
- (nautical) to ballast; to load a ship with ballast, so that it is stable
- to spread; to proliferate
- Synonyms: espalhar, proliferar, difundir, estender
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of alastrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “alastrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024