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Translate straiten from English to Spanish

Summary

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strait:
- estrecho de mar; estrecho
Wiktionary:
- strait → estrecho, paso, aprieto
- strait → estrecho

English

Detailed Translations for straiten from English to Spanish

straiten:

Translation Matrix for straiten:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	distress

Synonyms for "straiten":

confine; detain

Related Definitions for "straiten":

squeeze together¹
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship¹

strait:

strait [the ~] noun

the strait (sound)
el estrecho de mar
- estrecho de mar [el ~] noun
the strait
el estrecho
- estrecho [el ~] noun

Translation Matrix for strait:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
estrecho	strait	isthmus; narrow; narrowing; narrowness; neck of land; stricture; stringency; tightness
estrecho de mar	sound; strait
-	pass; sound; straits
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
estrecho		bashfull; cramped; diffident; narrow; narrow minded; narrow-minded; petty; pinchy; poky; pressing; short of cash; short of money; small; stringent; tight; urgent

Related Words for "strait":

straits, straiten

Synonyms for "strait":

Related Definitions for "strait":

narrow¹
- strait is the gate¹
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water¹
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs¹

Wiktionary Translations for strait:

strait

noun

narrow channel of water
- strait → estrecho; paso
a difficult position
- strait → aprieto

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• strait	→ estrecho	↔ straat — een weg tussen de huizen in een bewoonde plaats ebank\|straat1
• strait	→ estrecho	↔ Meerenge — enge Stelle im Meer zwischen zwei Landmassen, enge Stelle auf einer Schifffahrtsroute im Meer
• strait	→ estrecho	↔ Straße — Meerenge
• strait	→ estrecho	↔ détroit — toponymie\|fr passage naturel par lequel deux mers communiquer.

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