streta
See also: stréta
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ido streta, from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
streta (accusative singular stretan, plural stretaj, accusative plural stretajn)
Synonyms edit
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
streta
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
- Esperanto streta
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
streta (present tense stretar, past tense streta, past participle streta, passive infinitive stretast, present participle stretande, imperative streta/stret)
- Alternative spelling of strete
Swedish edit
Verb edit
streta (present stretar, preterite stretade, supine stretat, imperative streta)
- (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
- to toil (work hard)
- De stretade på åkern varje dag
- They toiled in the field every day
- Synonym of spreta
- Håret stretade åt alla håll
- Her hair was sticking out in all directions
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of streta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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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. |