stringersi
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]strìngersi (first-person singular present mi strìngo, first-person singular past historic mi strìnsi, past participle strétto)
- reflexive of stringere
- (intransitive) to scoot (move sideways to make room for someone else)
- Se vi stringete un po', ci sto anch'io.
- If you could scoot a little bit, I could squeeze in too.
- (+a, contro) to press oneself (up against a surface)
- Mi sono stretto al muro per non essere investito.
- I pressed myself up against the wall so as to not get run over.
- (+a) to cling; to grasp
- Per paura, il figlio si è stretto alla ginocchia della madre.
- Out of fear, the child clung to the mother's knee.
- (+in) to wrap oneself up (in a garment)
- Siccome è freddo, la donna si stringe in uno scialle.
- Because it is cold, the woman is wrapping herself up in a shawl.
- (+a) to hug
- La ragazza si stringe al suo fidanzato.
- The girl is hugging her boyfriend.
- (intransitive) to shrink; to narrow; to be narrowed
- Da qui il sentiero si stringe.
- From here the path narrows.
Conjugation
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