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desparramado

scattered

adjective des-pah-rrah-MAH-doh Rare
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Also means

sprawled

Usage Note

Desparramado is the past participle of desparramar ('to scatter, to spill') used as an adjective. It vividly describes objects or people spread out in a disordered way — los papeles estaban desparramados por el suelo ('the papers were scattered on the floor'). In colloquial speech it can describe a person lying sprawled out lazily. The double r requires the rolled trill pronunciation.

Examples

"Los juguetes estaban desparramados por el suelo."

Natural Translation

The toys were scattered all over the floor.

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