expandir

v.

1 to expand (gen) & (computing).

Ricardo expande su casa Richard expands his home.

2 to elongate, to stretch.

María expandió las medias Mary stretched her socks.

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expandir

► verbo transitivo

1 (dilatar) to expand

2 figurado (divulgar) to spread

► verbo pronominal expandirse

1 (dilatarse) to expand

2 figurado (divulgarse) to spread

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1. VT

1) (=extender) [gen] to expand; (Anat) to expand; (Com) to expand, enlarge

2) [+ noticia] to spread

expandir el mercado de un producto — to expand the market for a product

expandir la afición a la lectura — to spread a love of reading

3) (Tip, Inform)

en caracteres expandidos — double width

2.

See:

expandirse

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1.

verbo intransitivo to expand

2.

expandirse v pron cuerpo/gas to expand; empresa/sector to expand; noticia to spread

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= expand, expand upon/on + Tema.

Ex. As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex. We must now return to the consideration of indexes and here we shall recapitulate, and expand, upon some of the points already made in Section 1.

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* expandirse = branch out (into), branch into.

* posibilidad de expandir = expandability.

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1.

verbo intransitivo to expand

2.

expandirse v pron cuerpo/gas to expand; empresa/sector to expand; noticia to spread

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= expand, expand upon/on + Tema.

Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex: We must now return to the consideration of indexes and here we shall recapitulate, and expand, upon some of the points already made in Section 1.

* expandirse = branch out (into), branch into.

* posibilidad de expandir = expandability.

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expandir [I1 ]

vi

to expand

■ expandirse

v pron

1 «cuerpo/metal/gas» to expand

2 «empresa/sector» to expand

la ciudad se está expandiendo por la llanura the city is spreading out o expanding across the plain

3 «noticia» to spread

la noticia se expandió rápidamente the news spread rapidly

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expandir verbo transitivo to expand: tenemos que expandir nuestro radio de acción, we have to expand our area of operations
'expandir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
English:
expand

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expandir

♦ vt

1. [cuerpo, gas] to expand;

[incendio] to spread, to cause to spread

2. [empresa, mercado, ciudad] to expand;

[fronteras] to extend

3. [rumor, noticia] to spread

4. Informát to expand

♦ See also the pronominal verb expandirse

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expandir

v/t expand

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expandir vt

expansionar: to expand

♦ See also the reflexive verb expandirse