estrar

• xestrar
• yestrar

Back-formation from estráu, from Latin strātum (“bed”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-.

estrar (first-person singular indicative present estro, past participle estráu)

1. to prepare the animal's bed, to cover the floor of a stable with straw or ferns (estru) (for animals to sleep)
2. to spread on the ground
3. (dated) to pave a road

• estru
• desestrar
• estrada
• estrapallar

Back-formation from estrado, from Latin strātum (“bed”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-.^[1]

Cognate with English strew.

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾaɾ/

estrar (first-person singular present estro, first-person singular preterite estrei, past participle estrado)

1. (dated) to pave; to orderly cover a surface
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 231:

     Et as rruas erã moy grãdes, de hũa parte et da outra, et erã feytas per grande engeño, et erã de suso cubertas de bóueda, et juso erã estradas per poyaes de boa pedra laurada

     And the streets were wide, in one side and the other, and were made with great intelligence, and they were covered by a vault, and they were paved with large squared stones

2. to orderly cover with litter the floor of the stall or a field

   Synonyms: fondar, mulir, estrumar

3. to litter a place

   Synonyms: ciscar, lixar

• estrada
• estrado
• estrumar
• estrume
• estrumeira

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estrar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “estrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “estrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

estrar

1. indefinite plural of ester

• arrest, arters, raster, tsarer