English-Spanish translations for lengthen

• alargar
  La frontera se alargará varios cientos de kilómetros en 2004. The border will lengthen by hundreds of kilometres in 2004.
  Todo lo que FRONTEX consigue es alargar las rutas por las que la gente huye. All Frontex achieves is to lengthen the routes by which people flee.
  Hemos de recordar que una consecuencia de la ampliación es que la frontera entre Rusia y la Unión se alargará, lo que es muy significativo. We have to remember that one consequence of enlargement is that the border between Russia and the Union will lengthen and that is very significant.

Definition of lengthen

• To make longer, to extend the length of

Examples

• The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set.

Related words

• lengthening
• lengthened
• lengthen out
• compensatory lengthening
• compositional lengthening