envergadura

Catalan

Etymology

envergar +‎ -dura

Noun

envergadura f (plural envergadures)

1. wingspan (of a bird, airplane)
2. (nautical) breadth, beam (of a boat)
3. (figuratively) magnitude, importance

Further reading

• “envergadura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “envergadura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “envergadura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “envergadura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

envergadura (1)

Etymology

From envergar +‎ -dura. Compare Spanish envergadura, French envergure.

Noun

envergadura f (plural envergaduras)

1. wingspan (of a bird, airplane)
2. (nautical) breadth, beam (of a boat)
3. armspan
4. (figuratively) magnitude, importance

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Spanish

envergadura (1)

Etymology

From envergar +‎ -dura.

Noun

envergadura f (plural envergaduras)

1. wingspan (of a bird, airplane)
2. (nautical) breadth, beam (of a boat)
3. armspan
4. (figuratively) magnitude, importance

Further reading

• envergadura on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es