abarcar
Meanings
Verb
1. to embrace (to hold with the arms) (transitive)
2. to include, to encompass, to comprise, to contain, to make up; to range, to span (transitive)
3. to take in (a sight) (transitive)
4. to undertake, to embark upon, to take on (a task) (transitive)
5. to monopolize, to corner (transitive, Latin America)
Examples2
Su rancho abarca 20 millas cuadradas.
His ranch covers twenty square miles.
Quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta.
You can bite off more than you can chew.