estrènyer
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin stringere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]estrènyer (first-person singular present estrenyo, first-person singular preterite estrenyí, past participle estret); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to tighten, draw in, narrow
- (transitive) to squeeze, to press, to hug
- 1906, Josep Morató i Grau, Els habitants de la lluna, Ilustració Catalana, page 103:
- Al sentir axò, en Pepis va axecarse ab ayre commogut y va estrènyer les mans del batlle en doble encaxada.
- Hearing this, Pepis stood up, seeming touched, and he squeezed the mayor's hands in a double handshake.
- (transitive) to clench
- (transitive) to grip, to clasp
- (pronominal) to tighten, to narrow
- (pronominal) to crowd together, to huddle
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of estrènyer (second conjugation, irregular)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “estrènyer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024