escampar

escampar

1. Alternative form of escamplar

From es- +‎ camp (“field”) +‎ -ar. First attested in the 14th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəmˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kamˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

escampar (first-person singular present escampo, first-person singular preterite escampí, past participle escampat)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to scatter, to disperse (to (cause to) separate and go in different directions)
2. (transitive) to spread (to disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area)

   Synonym: estendre

3. (reflexive) to spread (to proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated)

   Synonym: estendre's

   • 2020 July 27, Salvador Macip, “Els reptes de la vacunació [The challenges of vaccination]”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     Quan va començar, la clau era detectar ràpid els brots i aïllar les zones més afectades per evitar que els casos s'escampessin.

     When it began, the key was to quickly detect outbreaks and isolate the most affected areas to avoid cases spreading.

4. (reflexive, intransitive) to clear up (of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm)

• “escampar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “escampar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “escampar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Attested since 1846. From es- +‎ campo (“field”) +‎ -ar. Probably a borrowing from Spanish or Catalan.

• IPA^(key): [eskɑmˈpaɾ]

escampar (first-person singular present escampo, first-person singular preterite escampei, past participle escampado)

1. (of rain, weather) to clear up; to stop

   Synonyms: abrir, estiñar

   • 1846, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos de aldea:

     E aquedouse o mare,
     Sosegouse o vento.
     Escampou a chuvia,
     E foi crarecendo,
     Fuxindose as nubes
     Arrente do ceo

     And the sea got quiet
     The wind calmed down
     The rain stopped
     And it was clearing,
     the clouds running away
     by the sky

• campo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escampar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escampar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escampar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escampar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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escampar

1. to throw
2. to sweep (clean by sweeping)

• (to sweep): balajar

• IPA^(key): /eskamˈpaɾ/ [es.kãmˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧cam‧par

escampar (first-person singular present escampo, first-person singular preterite escampé, past participle escampado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to clear (to stop raining)
2. (intransitive) to stop, to cease (doing)

• “escampar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28