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esticar.

to stretch (lengthen by pulling)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/is.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[is.t͡ʃiˈka(h)]Brazil/es.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[es.t͡ʃiˈka(h)]Brazil

  1. to stretch (lengthen by pulling)

    transitive

  2. to stretch (to be longer, as by pulling)

    intransitive

  3. to extend

    colloquial · transitive

  4. to die

    colloquial · intransitive

  5. to push one's luck

    colloquial · reflexive
Where this word comes from

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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