estirado

adj.

1 stretched out, dilated, elongated, outstretched.

2 stiff, airy-fairy, pretentious, prim.

f. & m.

stuck-up person, stiff shirt.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: estirar.

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estirado

► nombre masculino

1 (textil) drawing

2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift

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estirado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=estirar}}estirar

► adjetivo

1 figurado (en el vestir) stiff, formal, starchy

2 figurado (orgulloso) stiff, conceited, haughty

► nombre masculino estirado

1 (textil) drawing

2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift

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(f. - estirada)

adj.

1) stretched

2) stiff

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1. ADJ

1) (=alargado) stretched

2) [persona] (=tieso) stiff, starchy; (=engreído) stuck-up *

3) (=tacaño) tight-fisted

2.

SM [de vidrio] drawing; [de pelo] straightening

estirado de piel, estirado facial — face lift

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-da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)

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= stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.

Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

Ex. The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.

Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.

Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.

Ex. Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.

Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.

Ex. He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.

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-da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)

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= stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.

Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

Ex: The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.

Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.

Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.

Ex: Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.

Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.

Ex: He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.

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estirado¹ -da

adjective

(fam); stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)

estirado²

masculine

estiramiento m A. (↑ estiramiento)

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Del verbo estirar: (conjugate estirar)

estirado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
estirado    
estirar
estirado

◊ -da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)

estirar (conjugate estirar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹goma/elástico/suéter› to stretch;

‹cable/soga› to pull out, stretch

b) ‹sábanas/mantel› (con las manos) to smooth out;

(con la plancha) to run the iron over
2 ‹brazos/piernas/músculo› to stretch;

◊ estiró el cuello para poder ver she craned her neck to be able to see

3 ‹dinero/comida/recursos› to make … go further
estirarse verbo pronominal
to stretch
estirado,-a adj pey (persona) stiff
estirar verbo transitivo
1 (alargar, tensar) to stretch
2 (alisar) to smooth out: tienes que estirar la cama, you must straighten the covers
3 (dinero) to spin out ♦ LOC familiar: estirar la pata, to kick the bucket, bite the dust
estirar las piernas, to stretch one's legs: voy afuera a estirar las piernas un poco, I'm going outside to strech my legs a bit
'estirado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estirada
English:
shirt
- snooty
- snotty
- standoffish
- stiff
- stiff-necked
- stuffy
- stuck
- toffee

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estirado, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona] [altanero] haughty;

[adusto] uptight

2. [brazos, piernas] outstretched

3. [jersey] baggy, shapeless

♦ nm

stretching

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estirado

I adj snooty fam , stuck-up fam

II m face-lift;

hacerse un estirado have a face-lift

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estirado, -da adj

1) : stretched, extended

2) presumido: stuck-up, conceited