disperso

See also: dispersó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [disˈpɛr.su]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [disˈpɛr.so]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [disˈpɛɾ.so]

Verb

disperso

1. first-person singular present indicative of dispersar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dispersus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈspɛr.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Hyphenation: di‧spèr‧so

Participle

disperso (feminine dispersa, masculine plural dispersi, feminine plural disperse)

1. past participle of dispergere

Adjective

disperso (feminine dispersa, masculine plural dispersi, feminine plural disperse)

1. scattered, dispersed
2. sparse
3. lost, missing

Derived terms

• dispersamente

Noun

disperso m (plural dispersi, feminine dispersa)

1. missing person, especially a soldier

Further reading

• disperso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• dipresso

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈper.soː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈpɛrs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈper.so/, [d̪isˈpɛrso]

Participle

dispersō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dispersus

Portuguese

Verb

disperso

1. first-person singular present indicative of dispersar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈpeɾso/ [d̪isˈpeɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: dis‧per‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin dispersus.

Adjective

disperso (feminine dispersa, masculine plural dispersos, feminine plural dispersas)

1. dispersed, spread out
2. (military, obsolete) missing in action

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

disperso

1. first-person singular present indicative of dispersar

Further reading

• “disperso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28