Translation
to stretch; to tighten, tense
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Word origin
From German strecken ('to stretch'), which shares a Germanic ancestor with English stretch and straight. Esperanto kept the German consonant cluster almost intact.
- Origin
- German
- Root
- strecken
- English cognates
- stretch, straight
Examples
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She stretched her arms towards the sky.
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The cat stretched its body on the bed.
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He strained his ears to hear the voice.
The core idea is tension, not length: you a violin string, a bow, your muscles or an old clock spring, and situation is a tense one. is the neutral stretch-out; always pulls something taut. To relax it again is i.
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Word family
Words built on streĉi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malstreĉiĝiverb
to relax, to unwind
mal-streĉi-iĝ-
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 7: streĉi, stacidomo, judo and 7 more words.