Meanings (ES + gloss)
cuarta • palmo
Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm.
intervalo • lapso
A small space or a brief portion of time.
"Why in ten thousand years scarce will the rain and storms lessen a mountain top by a span in thickness?"
He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
luz
The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
The force of the explosion demolished one pair of piers and two spans of the bridge crashed down into the river on top of the barges.
Phrases
arm spanattention spanclearspancospandrawspanendspaneyespanforspangerospanhandspanhealthspaninspanknot spanlegspanlife spanlifespanlinear spanlinkspanlong-spanmainspanmakespanmemory spanmidspanoutspanoverspanoverspanningpalmspanspan blockspan counterspan ironspan of controlspan roofspan shacklespanlessspannablespanned → unspannedspannerspanning → multi-spanwisespanworm
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 15036
span
/spæn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cruzar • cubrir • extenderse sobre
To extend through the distance between or across.
The rivers were spanned by arches of solid masonry.
The suspension bridge spanned the canyon.
abarcar • extenderse
To extend through (a time period).
The novel spans three centuries.
The parking lot spans three acres.
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