scattered

disperso, esparcido

Situado en distintos lugares sin un orden claro, en vez de estar todo junto.

En inglés sencillo: Found in different places without any clear order, rather than all together.

• The toys were scattered on the floor.
• We passed scattered houses along the road.
• Scattered papers covered his desk.

Cómo se usa: scattered across something (Small villages are scattered across the valley.); scattered around something (Her clothes were scattered around the room.)

Sinónimos: spread out, dispersed

Antónimos: gathered, clustered

Expresiones frecuentes: scattered toys, scattered villages, scattered around something, scattered across something

disperso, aislado

Se dice de fenómenos meteorológicos que aparecen en algunas partes de una zona, pero no en toda ella.

En inglés sencillo: Weather happening in some parts of an area, rather than everywhere.

• Scattered showers are expected today.
• The forecast mentioned scattered thunderstorms this evening.
• We drove through scattered snow showers in the mountains.

Sinónimos: localized, patchy

Antónimos: widespread

Expresiones frecuentes: scattered showers, scattered thunderstorms, scattered snow showers

disperso, fragmentario

Que aparece en fragmentos separados y sin conexión, sin formar un conjunto.

En inglés sencillo: Occurring in separate, unconnected bits rather than forming a whole.

• There was only scattered applause.
• Scattered cheers came from the back of the hall.
• Her scattered memories did not form a complete story.

Sinónimos: fragmented, disconnected, sporadic

Antónimos: unified, continuous

Expresiones frecuentes: scattered applause, scattered cheers, scattered memories, scattered fragments