spread over

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar a distribuição de algo por uma área ou ao longo do tempo, ou o ato de cobrir uma superfície.

A phrasal verb used to indicate distributing something across an area or period of time, or covering a surface.

incontável · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Distribute across an areaformal

   To cover or extend over a surface or area.

   Espalhar por

   • The paint was spread over the entire wall.
   • The news spread over the whole town quickly.
   • The fog spread over the valley in the morning.

   Sinônimosblanketcoatcoverdistributeoverlaypervadescatterstrewsuffuse

   Antônimoscollectconcentrateconfinegatherrestrict

2. Extend over timeformal

   To cause something to happen or be done over a period of time.

   Estender ao longo do tempo

   • The payments can be spread over twelve months.
   • The project will be spread over several years.
   • The training sessions are spread over two weeks.

   Sinônimosallocatedistributeextendphasespread outstaggerstretch out

Verbo basespread