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sprawl

English

  1. 🔊 an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
  2. 🔊 an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
  3. 🔊 sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
  4. 🔊 go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
    “Branches straggling out quite far”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 despatarrar to sprawl
  2. 🔊 desparramar to sprawl, to spread out
  3. 🔊 expansión sprawl, sprawling (urban)

Similar words

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