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Portuguese
Etymology
From es- + preguiça (“laziness”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧pre‧gui‧çar
Verb
espreguiçar (first-person singular present espreguiço, first-person singular preterite espreguicei, past participle espreguiçado)
- to stretch
- (reflexive) to stretch (to extend one’s limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles)
2023, Djalma do Nascimento Sousa, chapter V, in Memórias do Sul do Maranhão, Maranhão, published 2023, page 115:Se espreguiçar é uma maneira de tirar as dores do corpo, já hoje é uma maneira de tirar várias doenças modernas; como: estresse, pois é assim que muitos ainda hoje cuidam do corpo.- Stretching is a way of getting rid of body aches and pains, and today it's a way of getting rid of many modern illnesses, such as stress, because that's how many people still take care of their bodies today.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.