expansión

/eɡspanˈsjon/ · B2 · noun · f

expansion

🎈 ex-pan-sión = out + pan (spread) → stuff spreads out, like dough

From Latin expansio, from ex- (out) + pandere (to spread). Same root as English expand and expanse. Spanish expansión covers growth, booms and urban sprawl: anything spreading outward.

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