estireganyar

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estireganyar (first-person singular present estireganyo, first-person singular preterite estireganyí, past participle estireganyat)

  1. (transitive) to stretch out of shape
  2. (transitive, figurative) to deform, to distort
    • 1926, Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí, Caceres a l'Àfrica tropical:
      Naturalment, no cal estireganyar aquests exemples fins a pensar-se que hom pot dormir en país de lleons com en terra de conills.
      Naturally, one shouldn't overextend those examples to the point of thinking that one can sleep in lion country as one would among rabbits.
  3. (pronominal) to lose one's shape (due to stretching)

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