streta

See also: stréta

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ido streta, from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstreta]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: stre‧ta

Adjective

streta (accusative singular stretan, plural stretaj, accusative plural stretajn)

1. narrow

Synonyms

• malvasta, mallarĝa

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstreta/

Adjective

streta

1. narrow, strait
2. (figuratively) limited, scanty

Antonyms

• larja

Derived terms

• marala stretajo (“a strait”)
• streta mento (“a narrow mind”)
• strete (“narrowly”)
• streteskar (“to become narrower, shrink”)
• streteso (“narrowness”)
• stretigar (“to narrow”)
• trostretigar (“to scant”)

Descendants

• Esperanto streta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

streta (present tense stretar, past tense streta, past participle streta, passive infinitive stretast, present participle stretande, imperative streta/stret)

1. Alternative spelling of strete

Swedish

Verb

streta (present stretar, preterite stretade, supine stretat, imperative streta)

1. (with emot (“against”)) to put up resistance (because one is unwilling to do something or the like); to resist, to struggle, to put up a fight

   Hästen stretade emot för att den inte ville tillbaks in i stallet

   The horse was putting up a fight because it didn't want to go back in the stable

   Alla var inte lika förtjusta i stavningsreformen, och vissa tidningar stretade emot i många år

   Not everyone was as enamored with the spelling reform, and some papers resisted for many years

2. to toil (work hard)

   De stretade på åkern varje dag

   They toiled in the field every day

3. Synonym of spreta

   Håret stretade åt alla håll

   Her hair was sticking out in all directions

Conjugation

Conjugation of streta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	streta		stretas
supine	stretat		stretats
imperative	streta		—
imper. plural1	streten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	stretar	stretade	stretas	stretades
ind. plural1	streta	stretade	stretas	stretades
subjunctive2	strete	stretade	stretes	stretades
present participle		stretande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• stret

See also

• knoga
• slita

References

• streta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• streta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• streta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)