estirar
Spanish, verb/estiˈɾaɾ/
estirar is spelled E-S-T-I-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estirar is a Spanish verb meaning “to stretch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tirar de algo o forzarlo de otro modo para que se dilate”.
What does estirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stretch
- 2
to extend
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirar de algo o forzarlo de otro modo para que se dilate 2. Extender alguna cosa de tal manera de alisarla 3. Extender cuidadosamente un músculo o miembro para aliviar la tensión a la que está sometido por la postura habitual o un ejercicio
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estirar
- estiro first-person present singular
- estiré first-person preterite singular
- estirado participle past
- estirando gerund
- estirada feminine participle past
- estirados masculine participle past
- estiradas feminine participle past
- estiras indicative informal present
- estirás indicative informal present
- estira indicative present singular
- estiramos first-person indicative plural
- estiráis indicative plural present
- estiran indicative plural present
- estiraba first-person imperfect indicative
- estirabas imperfect indicative second-person
- estirábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- estirabais imperfect indicative plural
- estiraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estirar?
- /estiˈɾaɾ/
- [es.t̪iˈɾaɾ]
- [est̪iˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estirar in Spanish?
estirar appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).