estrenar

From estrena (“premiere”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

estrenar (first-person singular present estreno, first-person singular preterite estrení, past participle estrenat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to wear or use for the first time
   • 2010, Maria Barbal, La pressa del temps:

     Estudien, treballen, es casen, arreglen la casa, surten amb amics, es cuiden i estrenen roba sovint, tenen temps per a tot, per a cada cosa.

     They study, they work, they get married, they tidy up the house, they go out with friends, they take care of each other and they wear new clothes often, they have time for everything, for each and every thing.

2. (by extension, transitive) to premiere (to present a play or film for the first time)
   • 2018 October 18, “'Orange is the new black' acabarà després de la setena temporada”, in Ara‎:

     El drama carcerari, que es va estrenar el 2013, començava amb l'entrada a la presó de Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), […]

     The prison drama, which premiered in 2013, began with the entrance into prison of Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling)

3. (reflexive) to do something for the first time; to break one's duck
4. (reflexive) to make the first sale of the day

• “estrenar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “estrenar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “estrenar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “estrenar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From estrena +‎ -ar. Compare Catalan estrenar.

• IPA^(key): /estɾeˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧tre‧nar

estrenar (first-person singular present estreno, first-person singular preterite estrené, past participle estrenado)

1. to use for the first time (in general)
2. to wear for the first time (for clothing)
3. to premiere
4. (reflexive) to premiere, to do something for the first time

• “estrenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10