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generalizado

widespread

adjective heh-neh-rah-lee-SAH-doh Rare

Also means

generalized

Usage Note

Generalizado agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies: una práctica generalizada, un fenómeno generalizado. It describes something that has spread across a broad population or area, and is a common near-synonym of extendido in journalistic prose.

Examples

"El descontento estaba muy generalizado."

Natural Translation

Discontent was very widespread.

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