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"estirado" in English

TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
estirado{masculine}
stuffed shirt{noun} [coll.]
estirado{adjective}
stiff{adj.} (formal, stilted)
snooty{adj.} [coll.] (person)
snot-nosed{adj.} [Brit.] [coll.] (uppity)
snotty{adj.} [coll.] (snooty)
stuffy{adj.} [coll.] (staid)
toffee-nosed{adj.} [Brit.] [coll.]
to roll out {vb} (dough, pastry)
to spin out {vb} (money, salary)
to straighten {v.t.} (make straight)
estirar la cama
to straighten the covers
to straighten {v.t.} (tidy)
estirar la cama
to straighten the covers
to straighten out {vb} (make straight)
to stretch out {vb} (extend)
to stretch out {vb} (make last longer)
to string out {vb} (essay, act)
to draw[drew · drawn] {vb} [construct.]
to pull[pulled · pulled] {v.t.} [gastro.] (toffee, candy, dough)
estirar[estirando · estirado] {transitive verb}
to stretch {v.t.}
Decidimos para estirar todos los rincones del volumen cúbico, y para integrar el edificio con el paisaje orgánico.
We decided to stretch all corners of the cubic volume, and to integrate the building organically with landscape.
no los esperábamos para cenar, pero podemos estirar la comida
we weren't expecting them for dinner, but we can make the food stretch
Es evidente que si un elástico lo estiramos demasiado, terminará por romperse y podemos hacernos daño en los dedos.
Of course, if you stretch elastic too far it can snap and you can hurt your fingers.
Decidimos para estirar todos los rincones del volumen cúbico, y para integrar el edificio con el paisaje orgánico.
We decided to stretch all corners of the cubic volume, and to integrate the building organically with landscape.
no los esperábamos para cenar, pero podemos estirar la comida
we weren't expecting them for dinner, but we can make the food stretch
Es evidente que si un elástico lo estiramos demasiado, terminará por romperse y podemos hacernos daño en los dedos.
Of course, if you stretch elastic too far it can snap and you can hurt your fingers.

SYNONYMS
Synonyms (Spanish) for "estirado":
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "estirado" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
Lloré por Ahmed que, estirado en el suelo, nos llamaba moviendo la mano.
I wept for Ahmed who was lying on the ground, gesturing to us to come and help him.
Esto es especialmente importante, ya que la rúbrica 5 del presupuesto para administración se ha reducido estirado gravemente.
This is particularly relevant, as heading 5 of the budget, for administration, is severely stretched.
ya han estirado sus recursos al máximo
their resources are already stretched to breaking point
La Comisión ha estirado mucho la manga.
The Commission has bitten off more than it can chew.
acero estirado en frío
cold drawn steel
Consejo, Comisión y Parlamento han estirado de tal forma los criterios de convergencia que la UEM se inicia con un grupo demasiado grande y heterogéneo de países.
Council, Commission and Parliament have stretched the admission criteria to such an extent that EMU is starting up with a group of countries which is too large and too heterogeneous.
Pero estoy convencido de que el paquete que hoy presentamos al Parlamento ha estirado el elástico sólo lo justo, y de que podemos recomendar a la Asamblea el resultado al que hemos llegado.
But I am convinced that the package that we put before you today has stretched the elastic to just the right degree and that what we have come up with is a package which we can commend to the House.