distribuir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
- distribute verb To divide something up and hand it out to a number of people or places.
- set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
Senses
distribuir is used for these senses in English:
- disperse (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- disperse (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- disperse (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
- distribute (transitive) To deliver or pass out.
- distribute (transitive) To scatter or spread.
- hand out (transitive) To distribute; to give out, either by hand or as if so (figuratively). [from 17th c.]
- mete out (transitive) To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out.
- pass out (transitive) To distribute.
disperse — full definition
- verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
- verb To spread information or resources widely.
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