scatter

UK: /ˈskæt.ər/ US: /ˈskæt̮.ə`/

Translation

v [i]

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⇨ dispersarse

The crowd scattered when they saw the lion

La multitud se dispersó al ver al león

v [t]

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⇨ esparcir

The farmer was scattering the seed all over the lawn

El granjero esparcía las semillas por todo el césped

■ constr. Se usa generalmente seguido de una preposición o un adverbio

(Definition of scatter vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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