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Portuguese
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Old French estrikier (“to make longer, to stretch”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Compare Galician estricar.
Pronunciation
Verb
esticar (first-person singular present estico, first-person singular preterite estiquei, past participle esticado)
- (transitive) to stretch (lengthen by pulling)
- Synonyms: estender, empertigar
- (intransitive) to stretch (to be longer, as by pulling)
- (colloquial, transitive) to extend
- Synonym: prolongar
- (colloquial, intransitive) to die
- Synonym: morrer
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms