streta

See also: stréta

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ido streta, from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈstreta]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Hyphenation: stre‧ta

Adjective

streta (accusative singular stretan, plural stretaj, accusative plural stretajn)

  1. narrow

Synonyms

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstreta/

Adjective

streta

  1. narrow, strait
  2. (figuratively) limited, scanty

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • marala stretajo (“a strait”)
  • streta mento (“a narrow mind”)
  • strete (“narrowly”)
  • streteskar (“to become narrower, shrink”)
  • streteso (“narrowness”)
  • stretigar (“to narrow”)
  • trostretigar (“to scant”)

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

streta (present tense stretar, past tense streta, past participle streta, passive infinitive stretast, present participle stretande, imperative streta/stret)

  1. Alternative spelling of strete

Swedish

Verb

streta (present stretar, preterite stretade, supine stretat, imperative streta)

  1. (with emot (“against”)) to put up resistance (because one is unwilling to do something or the like); to resist, to struggle, to put up a fight
    Hästen stretade emot för att den inte ville tillbaks in i stallet
    The horse was putting up a fight because it didn't want to go back in the stable
    Alla var inte lika förtjusta i stavningsreformen, och vissa tidningar stretade emot i många år
    Not everyone was as enamored with the spelling reform, and some papers resisted for many years
  2. to toil (work hard)
    De stretade på åkern varje dag
    They toiled in the field every day
  3. Synonym of spreta
    Håret stretade åt alla håll
    Her hair was sticking out in all directions

Conjugation
Conjugation of streta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive streta stretas
Supine stretat stretats
Imperative streta —
Imper. plural1 streten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative stretar stretade stretas stretades
Ind. plural1 streta stretade stretas stretades
Subjunctive2 strete stretade stretes stretades
Participles
Present participle stretande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

References
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