ensanchar

From Latin examplāre, present active infinitive of examplō, from ex- +‎ amplō.

• IPA^(key): [ensanˈt͡ʃaɾ]

ensanchar (first-person singular present ensacho, first-person singular preterite ensachei, past participle ensachado)

1. (rare) to widen
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:

     se o Cauallo for nouo deue comer eruas et feo con orio et con outras qousas semellauelles, ou sen orio como herua et feo a auendo, ca estas coussas ensancham et allargan o uentre

     if the horse is young, he must eat grasses and hay with barley and other similar things, or without barely, grass and hay if there is some, because these things widen and expand the belly

   Synonym: anchear

• ancho

• “ensanch” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ensanchar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ensanchar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From Latin examplāre, present active infinitive of examplō, from ex- +‎ amplō.

• IPA^(key): /ensanˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽn.sãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧san‧char

ensanchar (first-person singular present ensancho, first-person singular preterite ensanché, past participle ensanchado)

1. to widen
2. to expand

• ancho

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