streta

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See also: stréta

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ido streta, from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈstreta]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Hyphenation: stre‧ta

Adjective

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streta (accusative singular stretan, plural stretaj, accusative plural stretajn)

  1. narrow

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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streta

  1. narrow, strait
  2. (figuratively) limited, scanty

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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streta (present tense stretar, past tense streta, past participle streta, passive infinitive stretast, present participle stretande, imperative streta/stret)

  1. Alternative spelling of strete

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Verb

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streta (present stretar, preterite stretade, supine stretat, imperative streta)

  1. (with emot (against)) to put up resistance (because one is unwilling to do something or the like); to resist, to struggle, to put up a fight
    Hästen stretade emot för att den inte ville tillbaks in i stallet
    The horse was putting up a fight because it didn't want to go back in the stable
    Alla var inte lika förtjusta i stavningsreformen, och vissa tidningar stretade emot i många år
    Not everyone was as enamored with the spelling reform, and some papers resisted for many years
  2. to toil (work hard)
    De stretade på åkern varje dag
    They toiled in the field every day
  3. Synonym of spreta
    Håret stretade åt alla håll
    Her hair was sticking out in all directions

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