esticar

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (transitive) to stretch (lengthen by pulling)
  2. (intransitive) to stretch (to be longer, as by pulling)
  3. (colloquial, transitive) to extend
  4. (colloquial, intransitive) to die
  5. (colloquial, reflexive) to push one's luck

Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/is.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Probably borrowed from Old French estrikier (“to make longer, to stretch”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Compare Galician estricar.

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