Infinitive
streĉi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | streĉas |
| Past | streĉis |
| Future | streĉos |
| Conditional | streĉus |
| Imperative | streĉu! |
Participles
| Active past | streĉinta |
| Active present | streĉanta |
| Active future | streĉonta |
| Passive past | streĉita |
| Passive present | streĉta |
| Passive future | streĉota |
Etymology
Borrowed from English stretch, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch, make straight”). Compare German strecken, Dutch strekken, Swedish sträcka, Scots strek. See: English '
stretch', German, old spelling '
strecken', Dutch '
strekken', Swedish '
sträcka'.
Sample Sentences
Translations
stretch, to lengthen by pulling
stretch, to get more than expected from a limited resource