estear

(Inglese)

  1. to walk backwards; to recede
  2. (impersonal) to dry up
  3. to dry up

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/esteˈaɾ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Probably from Latin extenuāre (“to diminish”), rather than from aestīvāre (“to pass the summer”). Compare Portuguese estiar, Asturian estenar.

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