estireganyar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• estiregonyar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.ti.ɾə.ɣəˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [es.ti.ɾe.ɣaˈɲaɾ]

Verb

estireganyar (first-person singular present estireganyo, first-person singular preterite estireganyí, past participle estireganyat)

1. (transitive) to stretch out of shape
2. (transitive, figurative) to deform, to distort
   • 1926, Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí, Caceres a l'Àfrica tropical:

     Naturalment, no cal estireganyar aquests exemples fins a pensar-se que hom pot dormir en país de lleons com en terra de conills.

     Naturally, one shouldn't overextend those examples to the point of thinking that one can sleep in lion country as one would among rabbits.

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lose one's shape (due to stretching)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of estireganyar (first conjugation)

infinitive			estireganyar
gerund			estireganyant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		estireganyat		estireganyada
		plural		estireganyats		estireganyades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	estireganyo	estireganyes	estireganya	estireganyem	estireganyeu	estireganyen
	imperfect	estireganyava	estireganyaves	estireganyava	estireganyàvem	estireganyàveu	estireganyaven
	future	estireganyaré	estireganyaràs	estireganyarà	estireganyarem	estireganyareu	estireganyaran
	preterite	estireganyí	estireganyares	estireganyà	estireganyàrem	estireganyàreu	estireganyaren
	conditional	estireganyaria	estireganyaries	estireganyaria	estireganyaríem	estireganyaríeu	estireganyarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	estireganyi	estireganyis	estireganyi	estireganyem	estireganyeu	estireganyin
	imperfect	estireganyés	estireganyessis	estireganyés	estireganyéssim	estireganyéssiu	estireganyessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	estireganya	estireganyi	estireganyem	estireganyeu	estireganyin
	negative (no)	—	no estireganyis	no estireganyi	no estireganyem	no estireganyeu	no estireganyin

Derived terms

• estireganyós

Related terms

• estiregassar

Further reading

• “estireganyar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.