estiregassar
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From estirar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]estiregassar (first-person singular present estiregasso, first-person singular preterite estiregassí, past participle estiregassat)
- (transitive) to pull at, to yank
- 1990, Miquel Àngel Riera, Illa Flaubert:
- Aquell núvol blanquíssim de plomissall xiulador anava i venia, s'estiregassava i es comprimia mentre de manera capriciosa es desplaçava en totes direccions.
- That extremely white cloud of whistling plume came and went, stretching itself out and compressing itself in a capricious manner, displacing itself in all directions.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of estiregassar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “estiregassar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.