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Spanish
Etymology
From estera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esteˈɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧te‧rar
Verb
esterar (first-person singular present estero, first-person singular preterite esteré, past participle esterado)
- (transitive) to cover with a mat or rug
2016 July, “La solución al problema del hambre”, in El Nacional:Hay mucha leña, carbón, braseros de barro y esteras de muchas maneras para camas, y otras más delgadas para asiento y para esterar salas y cámaras.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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