how to say “sprawling” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משתרע-#.m4a” /]מִשְׂתָּרֵעַ
In English, we talk about a sprawling metropolis – a really big city area.
In Hebrew, we use the verb להשתרע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משתרע-#.m4a” /] – to span or to sprawl, as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משתרע-#.m4a” /]נתב”ג טרמינל שלוש משתרע על פני אלף שלוש מאות מטר רבוע.
Ben Gurion Airport Terminal 3 spans thirteen hundred square meters.
The root of להשתרע, a התפעל verb, is שׂ.ר.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משתרע-#.m4a” /].
