stirarsi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stiˈrar.si/
- Rhymes: -arsi
- Hyphenation: sti‧ràr‧si
Verb
stiràrsi (first-person singular present mi stìro, first-person singular past historic mi stirài, past participle stiràtosi)
- reflexive of stirare
- (ambitransitive) to pull or strain (a muscle)
- (transitive) to iron (one's clothing)
- stirarsi i pantaloni ― to iron one's pants
- (intransitive) to stretch (oneself)
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- Al suono di quelle note, Julia si svegliò, si stirò con voluttà, e uscì dal letto.
- Julia woke at the sound, stretched herself luxuriously, and got out of bed.
- (literally, “At the sound of those notes, Julia woke up, stretched herself with pleasure, and got out of the bed.”)