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"Scatter" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "esparcir", and "strew" is a transitive verb which is also often translated as "esparcir". Learn more about the difference between "scatter" and "strew" below.
scatter(
skah
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duhr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
b. desparramar
The organizers of the scavenger hunt scattered clues all over the city.Los organizadores de la búsqueda del tesoro desparramaron pruebas por toda la ciudad.
c. sembrar a voleo
The farmers scattered their seeds in the fields at the start of spring.Los agricultores sembraron sus semillas a voleo en el campo al principio de la primavera.
2. (to disband)
a. dispersar
We almost had to call the military to scatter the riots downtown.Casi tuvimos que llamar a la policía para dispersar los disturbios en el centro.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
3. (to disband)
a. dispersarse
When the police arrived at the protest, the crowd scattered.Cuando la policía llegó a la manifestación, la multitud se dispersó.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
4. (physics)
a. la dispersión (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
We can coat your glasses with a protective covering to reduce scatter of light.Podemos aplicar una capa protectora a tus gafas para reducir la dispersión de la luz.
strew(
stru
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. esparcir
The previous owners had strewn all kinds of junk on the floor of the apartment.Los propietarios anteriores habían esparcido todo tipo de porquerías en el suelo del apartamento.
b. desparramar
It looked as if Paula had strewn her toys all around the living room.Parecía que Paula había desparramado sus juguetes por toda la sala.
a. cubrir
The workshop was strewn with scrap lumber and sawdust.El taller estaba cubierto de restos de madera y aserrín.
