sprawl

sprawl
spro:l
1. verb
1) (to sit, lie or fall with the arms and legs spread out widely and carelessly: Several tired-looking people were sprawling in armchairs.)
2) ((of a town etc) to spread out in an untidy and irregular way.)

2. noun
1) (an act of sprawling: He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa.)
2) (an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc): She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city.)
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sprawl
tr[sprɔːl]
intransitive verb
1 (person) tumbarse, echarse, repantigarse, repanchigarse
■ he sprawled out on the settee se repantigó en el sofá
■ he sent him sprawling lo tiró al suelo, lo tumbó
■ she went sprawling cayó de bruces
2 (city, suburbs, etc) extenderse
noun
1 (mass) extensión nombre femenino
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
urban sprawl crecimiento urbano descontrolado
sprawl ['sprɔl] vi
1) lie: tumbarse, echarse, despatarrarse
2) extend: extenderse
sprawl n
1) : postura f despatarrada
2) spread: extensión f, expansión f
sprawl
v.
• apoltronarse v.
• arrellanarse v.
• extenderse v.
• respaldar v.
• tumbarse v.
• yacer v.

I sprɔːl
intransitive verb
a) \<\<person\>\> sentarse* (or tumbarse etc) de forma poco elegante

he sent him sprawling with one punch — lo tumbó de un golpe

b) \<\<city/town\>\>

to sprawl ACROSS/OVER something — extenderse* por algo


II
noun (of built-up area) expansión f

urban sprawl — expansión urbana descontrolada

[sprɔːl]
1. VI
1) [person] (=sit down, lie down) tumbarse, echarse; (untidily) despatarrarse; (=fall down) derrumbarse

he was sprawling in a chair — estaba despatarrado en un sillón

to send sb sprawling — (with a blow) derribar a algn por el suelo

the jolt sent him sprawling — la sacudida le hizo ir rodando por el suelo

2) [plant, town] extenderse
2. N
1) [of body] postura f desgarbada
2) [of town etc] extensión f

an endless sprawl of suburbs — una interminable extensión de barrios exteriores

urban sprawl — crecimiento m urbano descontrolado

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I [sprɔːl]
intransitive verb
a) \<\<person\>\> sentarse* (or tumbarse etc) de forma poco elegante

he sent him sprawling with one punch — lo tumbó de un golpe

b) \<\<city/town\>\>

to sprawl ACROSS/OVER something — extenderse* por algo


II
noun (of built-up area) expansión f

urban sprawl — expansión urbana descontrolada


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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