alargar

alargar

1. to lengthen, elongate

   Synonym: alungar (Balkan)

alargar (first-person singular present indicative alargo, past participle alargado)

1. to widen

• alhargar

From a- +‎ largo (“wide”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧lar‧gar

alargar (first-person singular present alargo, first-person singular preterite alarguei, past participle alargado)

1. to widen (to make or become wider or broader)

   Synonyms: estender, (Brazil, rare) enlarguecer

   Antonym: estreitar

   Alargaram o canal com uma draga.

   They widened the canal with a dredge.

2. to increase the scope or extent of

   Synonyms: ampliar, aumentar, estender, (Brazil, rare) enlarguecer

   Alarguei a rede de área local da minha casa.

   I enlarged my house’s local area network.

3. (of clothing) to stretch and become looser

   Synonym: lacear

• “alargar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alargar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From a- +‎ largo (“long”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /alaɾˈɡaɾ/ [a.laɾˈɣ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lar‧gar

alargar (first-person singular present alargo, first-person singular preterite alargué, past participle alargado)

1. to lengthen

   Synonyms: elongar, delongar

   • 2 November 2009, ABC.es, Francisco de Andrés, Los fantasmas de Ceaucescu^[1]:

     Además, los encausados «logran alargar los procesos» de modo indefinido, y, cuando llegan las penas «muchos saben cómo dejarlas en suspenso», se queja el Fiscal anticorrupción rumano.

     However, the accused "can lengthen the proceedings" indefinitely, and, when the sentencing comes, "many know how to put them on hold", complains the Romanian anti-corruption prosecutor.

2. to stretch, to extend

• “alargar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025