derramar

/deraˈmaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to spill, to leak

🫗💧 dis- + rama (branch): first to scatter branches, then to spill out

From Late Latin disramare, to break off or scatter branches (rama = branch, as in English ramify). The sense of scattering moved to liquids: derramar leche = to spill milk, derramar lágrimas = to shed tears.

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