Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin spatiāri. Doublet of spazzare, which was inherited.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /spatˈt͡sja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spa‧zià‧re

Verb edit

spaziàre (first-person singular present spàzio, first-person singular past historic spaziài, past participle spaziàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to range or rove (over) [+ in (object)] [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to spread (over) (a large space) [+ su (object)] [auxiliary avere]
    lo sguardo spazia sull'ampia distesa del mare
    the gaze ranges over the vast expanse of the sea
  3. (transitive) to spread out, to scatter
  4. (transitive, typography) to kern

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