estrecho
See also: estrechó
Asturian
editAdjective
editestrecho
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Spanish estrecho, from Latin strictus. Doublet of estricto, which was borrowed from Latin.
Adjective
editestrecho (feminine estrecha, masculine plural estrechos, feminine plural estrechas)
- narrow
- Synonym: angosto
- tight
- Synonym: apretado
- 2023 July 24, Carlos E. Cué, “La resistencia del PSOE y Sumar frustra la mayoría del PP y Vox y deja abiertas todas las posibilidades”, in El País[1]:
- Los números son tan estrechos que dejan la gobernabilidad en el aire: el bloque actual tendría 172 escaños, y necesitaría al menos la abstención de Junts para hacer presidente a Pedro Sánchez, y el bloque de la derecha solo tiene 171 siempre que el PNV se mantenga con el PSOE.
- The numbers are so tight that they leave governance up in the air: the current bloc would have 172 seats, and would need at least the abstention of Junts to make Pedro Sánchez prime minister, and the right-wing bloc only has 171 as long as the EAJ-PNV remains with the PSOE.
- (of a relative) close, kin
- Synonym: cercano
- (of a relationship) close, intimate, strong
- Synonym: íntima
- prudish, uptight, strict
- Synonym: pudibundo
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
editestrecho m (plural estrechos)
Hyponyms
edit- estrecho de Bering
- estrecho de Bonifacio
- estrecho de Cook (“Cook Strait”)
- estrecho de Corea (“Korea Strait”)
- estrecho de Georgia (“Strait of Georgia”)
- estrecho de Gibraltar
- estrecho de Kerch
- estrecho de Magallanes
- estrecho de Menai (“Menai Strait”)
- estrecho de Mesina
- estrecho de Ormuz
- estrecho de Taiwán
- estrecho de Torres
Etymology 2
editVerb
editestrecho
Further reading
edit- “estrecho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- estrecho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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