estreito

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese estreito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin strictus. Compare Portuguese estreito, Spanish estrecho and French étroit. Doublet of estrito, which was a borrowing.

Pronunciation

Adjective

estreito (feminine estreita, masculine plural estreitos, feminine plural estreitas)

  1. narrow

Noun

estreito m (plural estreitos)

  1. (geography) strait

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈtɾej.tu/ [isˈtɾeɪ̯.tu], /esˈtɾej.tu/ [esˈtɾeɪ̯.tu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈtɾej.tu/ [iʃˈtɾeɪ̯.tu], /eʃˈtɾej.tu/ [eʃˈtɾeɪ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈtɾej.to/ [esˈtɾeɪ̯.to]
 

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  • Rhymes: -ejtu
  • Hyphenation: es‧trei‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese estreito, from Latin strictus. Compare Spanish estrecho and French étroit. Doublet of estrito, which was a borrowing.

Alternative forms

Adjective

estreito (feminine estreita, masculine plural estreitos, feminine plural estreitas, comparable, comparative mais estreito, superlative o mais estreito or estreitíssimo)

  1. narrow (having a small width)
    A rua é muito estreita para camiões.
    The street is too narrow for lorries.
  2. (of a relation or connection) close (strong, pronounced, intimate)
    Eu me liguei a ele por meio de uma estreita amizade.
    I am bound to him by a close friendship.
Descendants
  • Kabuverdianu: stretu

Noun

estreito m (plural estreitos)

  1. (geography) strait

Etymology 2

Verb

estreito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of estreitar