Meaning
to expand, spread
- to increase the size, volume, scope, or extent of something
- (reflexive, espandersi) to spread out, broaden, or grow
In a sentence
L'azienda intende espandere la propria presenza all'estero.
The company intends to expand its presence abroad.
La città si è espansa molto rapidamente negli ultimi anni.
The city has expanded very rapidly in recent years.
Perché non espandiamo la nostra offerta con nuovi servizi?
Why don't we expand our offer with new services?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| espandere | infinitive |
| espando | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| espandi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| espande | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| espandiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| espandete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| espandono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| espandevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| espandevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| espandeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| espandevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| espandevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| espandevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| espansi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| espandesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| espanse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| espandemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| espandeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| espansero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| espanderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| espanderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| espanderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| espanderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| espanderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| espanderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| espanda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| espanda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| espanda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| espandiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| espandiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| espandano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| espandessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| espandessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| espandesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| espandessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| espandeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| espandessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| espanderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| espanderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| espanderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| espanderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| espandereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| espanderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| espandi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| espandiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| espandete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| espandendo | gerund |
| espanso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Irregular past participle: 'espanso'.
- Often used reflexively as 'espandersi' to describe companies, markets, or physical gases expanding.
- past participle espanso