estrechar
Spanish, verb/estɾeˈt͡ʃaɾ/
estrechar is spelled E-S-T-R-E-C-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estrechar is a Spanish verb meaning “to narrow (make narrower)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reducir a menor anchura o espacio alguna cosa”.
What does estrechar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to narrow (make narrower)
- 2
to strengthen (relations, etc.)
estrechar lazos
- 3
to shake (hands)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reducir a menor anchura o espacio alguna cosa. 2. Apretar, apurar, reducir. 3. Precisar a uno contra su voluntad a que haga alguna cosa. 4. Contener a uno, impedirle o embarazarle a fin de que no prosiga ni pase adelante en su propósito.
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 estrechar
- estrecho first-person present singular
- estreché first-person preterite singular
- estrechado participle past
- estrechando gerund
- estrechada feminine participle past
- estrechados masculine participle past
- estrechadas feminine participle past
- estrechas indicative informal present
- estrechás indicative informal present
- estrecha indicative present singular
- estrechamos first-person indicative plural
- estrecháis indicative plural present
- estrechan indicative plural present
- estrechaba first-person imperfect indicative
- estrechabas imperfect indicative second-person
- estrechábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- estrechabais imperfect indicative plural
- estrechaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estrechar?
- /estɾeˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [es.t̪ɾeˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- [est̪ɾeˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estrechar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estrechar in Spanish?
estrechar appears 1.7 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).