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stretch [stretʃ]
sustantivo
1. (of body)
- to have a stretch -> estirarse
- by no stretch of the imagination -> de ningún modo
- stretch marks -> estrías (f pl)
2. extensión (f) (of water, land); tramo (m) (of road); período (m) (of time, silence)
- at one stretch -> de una vez
3. (capacity)
- at full stretch -> a pleno rendimiento (factory)
verbo transitivo
4. estirar (extend) (elastic, belt); estirar, extender (arm, hand)
- to stretch one's legs -> estirar las piernas
- to stretch the truth -> apurar or forzar las cosas
5. exigir mucho a (put demands on) (person); mermar mucho (resources); abusar de (sb's patience)
- we're fully stretched at the moment -> en este momento estamos trabajando al límite (de nuestras posibilidades)
6. estirar (make last) (income, supplies)
verbo intransitivo
7. estirarse (rope, elastic, person)
8. extenderse (road, time)
9. dar de sí (resources, budget)(to para)
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stretch [strech]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1. Extender, alargar, tender; poner muy tensa o estirada alguna cosa. (n)
2. Estirar, extender o alargar alguna cosa más de lo que se debe; dilatar. (n)
3. Violentar o dar una interpretación o sentido siniestro a un texto, ley, etc. 4. (n)
4. Hacer toda fuerza de vela. (Marina) (n)
- To stretch out to sea -> (Mar.) Tirar a la mar
5. esforzarse, exagerar. (Figurado) (n)
6. Desplegarse. (n)
- To stretch as far as -> extenderse, llegar hasta
- To stretch the wings -> extender las alas
- To stretch forth -> alargar, extender
- To stretch out -> extender, estirar, alargar; extenderse, desplegarse, yacer desplegado, prolongar o prolongarse
- To stretch up -> alargar, extender
- Stretched in bed -> tendido en la cama o tendido a la larga
- To stretch oneself -> estirarse o desperazarse
Hacer un gran esfuerzo, forzar; hacer violencia; exagerar, llevar al extremo.
sustantivo
1. Extensión, dilatación.
2. Estirón, esfuerzo.
3. Violencia o interpretación forzada del sentido de un texto, ley, etc. 4.
sustantivo
4. El punto a donde puede llegar la acción o esfuerzo de una cosa. (Familiar) (m)
5. (Mar.) Bordada, el camino que hace una embarcación entre dos virada (m)
sustantivo
- The stretch of its wings was three feet -> la extensión de sus alas era de tres pies
- The utmost stretch of imagination -> el mayor esfuerzo de la imaginación
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Palabras ceranas
- strait-jacket
- strait-laced
- straitly
- straitness
- strake
- strand
- strange
- strangely
- strangeness
- stranger
- strangle
- stranglehold
- strangler
- strangulate
- strangulated
- strangulation
- strap
- strapping
- strata
- stratagem
- strategic
- strategist
- strategy
- stratify
- stratosphere
- stratum
- stratus
- straw
- strawberry
- strawberry-tree
- stray
- streak
- streaky
- stream
- streamer
- streamlet
- streamline
- streamlined
- streamy
- street
- strength
- strengthen
- strengthener
- strenuous
- strenuously
- strenuousness
- streptococcus
- streptomycin
- stress
- stressed
- stretch
- stretcher
- stretching
- strew
- stria
- striate
- striated
- stricken
- strickle
- strict
- strictly
- strictness
- stricture
- stride
- stridency
- strident
- stridor
- strife
- strike
- strike against
- strike at
- strike back
- strike down
- strike for
- strike in with
- strike in
- strike into
- strike off
- strike on
- strike out
- strike through
- strike up
- strike with admiration
- strikeblock
- strikebreaker
- striker
- striking
- string
- string bean
- stringed
- stringency
- stringent
- stringer
- stringless
- stringy
- strip
- stripe
- striped
- stripling
- striptease
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