verb🔗ShareAlargar, extenderTo make longer, to extend the length of."To prepare for the marathon, the runner was lengthening her training runs each week. "Para prepararse para el maratón, la corredora estaba alargando sus carreras de entrenamiento cada semana.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAlargar, extenderTo become longer."The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set."Las sombras en el césped se alargaron cuando el sol comenzó a ponerse.processactiontimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlargamiento, prolongaciónThe process of growing longer."The lengthening of the school day by 30 minutes caused some complaints from students. "El alargamiento del día escolar en 30 minutos causó algunas quejas de los estudiantes.processbiologyphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlargamientoA type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens"The teacher explained that vowel lengthening in some dialects makes words like "pin" and "pen" sound almost the same because the "i" sound stretches out. "El profesor explicó que el alargamiento de las vocales en algunos dialectos hace que palabras como "pin" y "pen" suenen casi iguales porque el sonido "i" se alarga.phoneticslinguisticssoundlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading