expandir
/eɡspanˈdiɾ/ · B2 · verb
to expand, to spread
🎈 ex-pand-ir: ex (out) + pand (spread, like pan out) = spread outward
Spanish expandir comes from Latin expandere: ex (out) + pandere (to spread). English expand shares the same root. Think of the pand in expandir as the pand in pandemic-style spreading: something that keeps going outward.