How do you say “to spread” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say alanda, bescanta, desfiela, envernissa, envessa, esbrudi. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | alanda, bescanta, desfiela, envernissa, envessa, esbrudi, escampa, escarta, esclafi, espandi, espargi, estèndre, fusa, perdre |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
alanda
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to open; to splay; to spread |
bescanta
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to spread; to be out of tune |
desfiela
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to spread; to fray; to unravel |
envernissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pitch, to spread, to varnish, to glaze |
envessa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to reverse, to spread |
esbrudi
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to spread; to divulge |
escampa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to spread, to overflow (container), to pour out, to reject; to spill; to exhale; to lose; to pour |
escarta
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to spread, to space |
esclafi
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to spread, to utter (insults threats); to pour out |
espandi
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to diffuse, extended, to propagate, to spread; to enlarge; to deploy; to spread; to bloom; outspread; to extend; space, expanse; expansion, area, hatching |
| Feminine | espandido |
| Variants | espàndi, espandido |
espargi
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | to scatter; to spread; scattered |
| Feminine | espargido |
| Variants | espargido |
estèndre
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to spread |
fusa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to spurt, to spread, to escape |
perdre
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to lose, mislay; to spread, spill |