expansionar

From expansió +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əks.pən.si.uˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əks.pən.si.oˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.pan.si.oˈnaɾ]

expansionar (first-person singular present expansiono, first-person singular preterite expansioní, past participle expansionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to expand
2. (pronominal) to expand
3. (pronominal) to express oneself, to unburden oneself (emotionally)
   • 1937, Josep Roig i Raventós, El problema de l'infant:

     Els infants tenen dret als jocs, perquè els seus músculs necessiten expandir llur vitalitat excessiva, i per a poder seguir llur vida activa, cal donar-los llocs on puguin expansionar-se.

     Children have a right to play, because their muscles need to expend their excessive vitality, and to be able to follow their active life, they must have places where they can express themselves.

• “expansionar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From expansión +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /eɡspansjoˈnaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.pãn.sjoˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧pan‧sio‧nar

expansionar (first-person singular present expansiono, first-person singular preterite expansioné, past participle expansionado)

1. to expand

• “expansionar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024