estiregassar
Catalan
Etymology
From estirar.
Pronunciation
Verb
estiregassar (first-person singular present estiregasso, first-person singular preterite estiregassí, past participle estiregassat)
- (transitive) to pull at, to yank
- 1990, Miquel Àngel Riera, Illa Flaubert:
- Aquell núvol blanquíssim de plomissall xiulador anava i venia, s'estiregassava i es comprimia mentre de manera capriciosa es desplaçava en totes direccions.
- That extremely white cloud of whistling plume came and went, stretching itself out and compressing itself in a capricious manner, displacing itself in all directions.
Conjugation
Conjugation of estiregassar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “estiregassar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007