estear

Probably from Latin extenuāre (“to diminish”), rather than from aestīvāre (“to pass the summer”). Compare Portuguese estiar, Asturian estenar.^[1]

• esteñar, estiar, estiñar

• IPA^(key): /esteˈaɾ/

estear (first-person singular present esteo, first-person singular preterite esteei, past participle esteado)
estear (first-person singular present esteio, first-person singular preterite esteei, past participle esteado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to walk backwards; to recede

   Synonyms: cear, recuar

2. to dry up

   Synonym: secar

   1. (impersonal) to dry up; to clear

      Synonym: escampar

   2. (of cows) to stop producing milk

• esteada

• esteo

From esteo (“prop”)^[2]

• IPA^(key): /esteˈaɾ/

estear (first-person singular present esteo, first-person singular preterite esteei, past participle esteado)
estear (first-person singular present esteio, first-person singular preterite esteei, past participle esteado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to prop, stake

   Synonyms: escorar, rodrigar, soficar

• esteo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “estear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN