escampar

From es- +‎ camp (“field”) +‎ -ar, attested from the 14th century.[1]

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əs.kəmˈpa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /es.kamˈpaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

escampar (first-person singular present escampo, past participle escampat)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to scatter, to disperse (to (cause to) separate and go in different directions)
2. (transitive) to spread (to disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area)

   Synonym: estendre

3. (reflexive) to spread (to proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated)

   Synonym: estendre's

   • 2020 July 27, Salvador Macip, “Els reptes de la vacunació [The challenges of vaccination]”, in El Periódico‎:

     Quan va començar, la clau era detectar ràpid els brots i aïllar les zones més afectades per evitar que els casos s'escampessin.

     When it began, the key was to quickly detect outbreaks and isolate the most affected areas to avoid cases spreading.

4. (reflexive, intransitive) to clear up (of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm)

• “escampar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “escampar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “escampar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Attested since 1846. From es- +‎ campo (“field”) +‎ -ar. Probably a borrowing from Spanish or Catalan.

• IPA^(key): [eskɑmˈpaɾ]

escampar (first-person singular present escampo, first-person singular preterite escampei, past participle escampado)

1. (of rain, weather) to clear up; to stop
   • 1846, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos de aldea:

     E aquedouse o mare,
     Sosegouse o vento.
     Escampou a chuvia,
     E foi crarecendo,
     Fuxindose as nubes
     Arrente do ceo

     And the sea got quiet
     The wind calmed down
     The rain stopped
     And it was clearing,
     the clouds running away
     by the sky

   Synonyms: abrir, estiñar

• campo

• “escampar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “escampar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “escampar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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escampar

1. to throw
2. to sweep (clean by sweeping)

• (to sweep): balajar

• IPA^(key): /eskamˈpaɾ/ [es.kãmˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧cam‧par

escampar (first-person singular present escampo, first-person singular preterite escampé, past participle escampado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to clear (to stop raining)
2. (intransitive) to stop, to cease (doing)

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