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La vitesse de **propagation** du SIDA est horriblement rapide. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#326879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326879) [\#1576401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1576401)) - . The interminable **spread** of HIV/AIDS is a cause of major alarm to all of us. .- La **propagation** interminable du virus hiv/sida est une source d’inquiétude majeure pour nous tous. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 628469) - In applying those measures, Poland managed to contain and eradicate the **spread** of the disease. Grâce à ces mesures, la Pologne est parvenue à contenir et à empêcher la **propagation** de la maladie. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4683982) - D To the side of the fire, to be able to observe how it **spreads** D Latéralement au feu, pour pouvoir observer sa **propagation** ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 20897966) - Scientists are fighting to stem the **spread** of the AIDS virus. Les scientifiques se démènent pour arrêter la **propagation** du virus du sida. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#23986](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23986) [\#1126798](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1126798)) ## répand Used about 1 765 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 208 · UN documents ≈ 1 546). - How does this disease **spread**? Comment la maladie se **répand**-elle ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#57425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57425) [\#846976](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/846976)) - He encloses the face of his throne, and **spreads** his cloud on it. Il couvre la face de son trône, Il **répand** sur lui sa nuée. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 26:9) - It **spreads** the fear and threat of terror. Il **répand** la peur et la menace de la terreur. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1031948) - Such instability also increases poverty and **spreads** despair and anger. Cette instabilité aggrave également la pauvreté et **répand** le désespoir et la colère. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 13222539) - Ivy **spreads** aggressively. Le lierre se **répand** de manière agressive. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and always · checked, community translation · [\#10677678](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10677678) [\#12495016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12495016)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - The waitress **spread** a white cloth over the table. La serveuse a étendu une nappe blanche sur la table. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#65661](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/65661) [\#10721702](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10721702)) - The spacious plain **spread** as far as the eye can see, dotted with groves here and there. La vaste plaine s'étend à perte de vue, parsemée de bosquets ici et là. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#239358](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239358) [\#8915356](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8915356)) - Let's **spread** the map on the table and talk it over. Étalons la carte sur la table et discutons. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and dominiko · checked, community translation · [\#277235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277235) [\#129313](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129313)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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