disperso

adj.

dispersed, scattered, straggly, straggling.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: dispersar.

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disperso

► adjetivo

1 (separado) dispersed; (esparcido) scattered

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(f. - dispersa)

adj.

scattered, dispersed

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ADJ

1) (=diseminado) scattered, dispersed

dispersos en o por — scattered across o over

2) [discurso, mente] unfocused, unfocussed

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-sa adjetivo (diseminado) dispersed (frml)

mi familia está dispersa por el mundo — my family is scattered all over the world

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= scattered, disperse, scattershot, dispersed, random.

Ex. Librarians are no strangers to the use of mobile vans as a means of taking books to scattered rural communities.

Ex. OSI is touted as a solution to the problem of connecting disperse library computer systems so they can communicate with each other.

Ex. Engaging in a systematic planning process eliminates a random or scattershot approach to management.

Ex. Properly used, the Internet will help scientifically to solve common problems shared by widely dispersed groups in fields like medicine and the environment.

Ex. Where the subcategory is small the subsequent arrangement is random.

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* comunidad dispersa = scattered community.

* estar disperso = lie + scattered.

* hechos dispersos = random facts.

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-sa adjetivo (diseminado) dispersed (frml)

mi familia está dispersa por el mundo — my family is scattered all over the world

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= scattered, disperse, scattershot, dispersed, random.

Ex: Librarians are no strangers to the use of mobile vans as a means of taking books to scattered rural communities.

Ex: OSI is touted as a solution to the problem of connecting disperse library computer systems so they can communicate with each other.

Ex: Engaging in a systematic planning process eliminates a random or scattershot approach to management.

Ex: Properly used, the Internet will help scientifically to solve common problems shared by widely dispersed groups in fields like medicine and the environment.

Ex: Where the subcategory is small the subsequent arrangement is random.

* comunidad dispersa = scattered community.

* estar disperso = lie + scattered.

* hechos dispersos = random facts.

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disperso -sa

adjective

1 (diseminado) dispersed (frml)

mi familia está dispersa por el mundo my family is scattered all over the world

hay varias aldeas dispersas por la zona there are several villages dispersed o scattered o dotted around the area

recogió los papeles dispersos por el suelo she picked up the papers which were scattered o strewn all over the floor

2 ‹persona/atención›

un niño disperso or de atención dispersa a boy who tends to lose concentration, a boy whose attention tends to drift o stray

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Del verbo dispersar: (conjugate dispersar)

disperso es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

dispersó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
dispersar    
disperso
dispersar (conjugate dispersar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹manifestantes/multitud/enemigo› to disperse

b) ‹rayos› to scatter, diffuse;

‹niebla/humo› to clear, disperse
dispersarse verbo pronominal

a) [manifestantes/manifestación/multitud] to disperse

b) [rayos] to diffuse, scatter;

[niebla/humo] to disperse, clear
disperso

◊ -sa adjetivo (diseminado) scattered, dispersed (frml)

dispersar verbo transitivo
1 (a un grupo, la niebla) to disperse
2 (desperdigar) to scatter
disperso,-a adjetivo
1 (separado) dispersed
2 (desperdigado) scattered

'disperso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dispersa

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disperso, -a adj

1. [esparcido] [objetos, personas, familia] scattered;

un pueblo que está disperso por todo el mundo a people scattered o dispersed throughout the world;

chubascos dispersos scattered showers

2. [sin concentración] [mente, atención] unfocused;

ser disperso to be absent-minded;

es un alumno bastante disperso he finds it difficult to pay attention in class

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disperso

adj scattered

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disperso, -sa adj

: dispersed, scattered