strecura

• străcura

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *extracolāre or *transcolāre, from Latin colāre (“filter, strain, purify”). Compare Aromanian stricor, stricurari. Less likely from s- + trece (“pass”), and with influence from verbs like spânzura, vântura, etc.^[1]

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a strecura (third-person singular present strecoară, past participle strecurat) 1st conjugation

1. to strain, filter, let pass
2. to slip by or past, steal away
3. to squeeze in, penetrate into

• strecurare
• strecurătoare