# dispersar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [dis.pərˈsa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [dis.peɾˈsaɾ]

### Verb

dispersar (first-person singular present disperso, first-person singular preterite dispersí, past participle dispersat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive, pronominal) to disperse
    Synonyms: difondre, disseminar, divulgar, esbarrar, esbarriar, esbombar, escampar, espargir, estendre, propagar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | dispersar | dispersar | dispersar | dispersar | dispersar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | dispersant | dispersant | dispersant | dispersant | dispersant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | dispersat | dispersat | dispersada | dispersada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | dispersats | dispersats | dispersades | dispersades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | disperso | disperses | dispersa | dispersem | disperseu | dispersen |
| indicative | imperfect | dispersava | dispersaves | dispersava | dispersàvem | dispersàveu | dispersaven |
| indicative | future | dispersaré | dispersaràs | dispersarà | dispersarem | dispersareu | dispersaran |
| indicative | preterite | dispersí | dispersares | dispersà | dispersàrem | dispersàreu | dispersaren |
| indicative | conditional | dispersaria | dispersaries | dispersaria | dispersaríem | dispersaríeu | dispersarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | dispersi | dispersis | dispersi | dispersem | disperseu | dispersin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | dispersés | dispersessis | dispersés | disperséssim | disperséssiu | dispersessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | dispersa | dispersi | dispersem | disperseu | dispersin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no dispersis | no dispersi | no dispersem | no disperseu | no dispersin |

#### Related terms

* dispers
* dispersió

### Further reading

* “dispersar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “dispersar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “dispersar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “dispersar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒis.peʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.pehˈsa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒis.peʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.pehˈsa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /d͡ʒis.peɾˈsa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒiʃ.peʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.peχˈsa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒis.peɻˈsa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /diʃ.pɨɾˈsaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /diʃ.pɨɾˈsaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /diʃ.pɨɾˈsa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: dis‧per‧sar

### Verb

dispersar (first-person singular present disperso, first-person singular preterite dispersei, past participle dispersado)
* (transitive) to disperse
* (transitive) to scatter

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Derived from Latin dispergō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dispeɾˈsaɾ/ [d̪is.peɾˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: dis‧per‧sar

### Verb

dispersar (first-person singular present disperso, first-person singular preterite dispersé, past participle dispersado)
* (transitive) to disperse

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | dispersar | dispersar | dispersar | dispersar | dispersar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | dispersando | dispersando | dispersando | dispersando | dispersando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | dispersado | dispersado | dispersada | dispersada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | dispersados | dispersados | dispersadas | dispersadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | disperso | dispersas$^{tú}$ dispersás$^{vos}$ | dispersa | dispersamos | dispersáis | dispersan |
| indicative | imperfect | dispersaba | dispersabas | dispersaba | dispersábamos | dispersabais | dispersaban |
| indicative | preterite | dispersé | dispersaste | dispersó | dispersamos | dispersasteis | dispersaron |
| indicative | future | dispersaré | dispersarás | dispersará | dispersaremos | dispersaréis | dispersarán |
| indicative | conditional | dispersaría | dispersarías | dispersaría | dispersaríamos | dispersaríais | dispersarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | disperse | disperses$^{tú}$ dispersés$^{vos2}$ | disperse | dispersemos | disperséis | dispersen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | dispersara | dispersaras | dispersara | dispersáramos | dispersarais | dispersaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | dispersase | dispersases | dispersase | dispersásemos | dispersaseis | dispersasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | dispersare | dispersares | dispersare | dispersáremos | dispersareis | dispersaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | dispersa$^{tú}$ dispersá$^{vos}$ | disperse | dispersemos | dispersad | dispersen |
| imperative | negative | | no disperses | no disperse | no dispersemos | no disperséis | no dispersen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “dispersar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014