English-Spanish translations for stretch

estirarUno de los principales problemas presupuestarios es que, en el futuro, el presupuesto agrícola se estirará al máximo. One of the major budgetary problems is that the agricultural budget will, in future, be stretched. - Es la última cuestión de orden que voy a conceder, porque si esto necesita más debate tendrá otro momento u otra ocasión, pero hoy no podemos estirar más el tiempo. This is the last point of order I shall allow, because if this requires further debate there will be another opportunity, but today we cannot stretch our time any further.
darNo se debe olvidar que en este debate no se trata de la cuestión de si se construye o no un tramo de autopista sino de la cuestión de la unificación de Europa. However, it must not be forgotten that this debate is not about whether or not to build a new stretch of motorway, but about the unification of Europe.

elasticidad
estiramiento
estirarse
estirón
exageración
extendersePara nosotros es inconcebible que esta cooperación pueda extenderse a dictadores corruptos. It is inconceivable to us that this cooperation should stretch to include corrupt dictators. La investigación de este caso debe extenderse desde el gabinete Delors hasta la Comisión Prodi. Any examination of the case must stretch all the way from the Delors cabinet up until Mr Prodi' s Commission.

tramoNada de esto forma parte del nuevo Tratado y creo que han llegado al tramo final. None of this is part of the new Treaty and I believe you are on the home stretch. Estamos en el último tramo para llegar a la meta, pero el camino aún será más bien irregular. We are in the last stretch to the finish, but the road will still be rather bumpy. Ahora, señor Blair, debe situarse a la cabeza del pelotón, y también en los tramos de montaña. Now, Mr Blair, you must place yourself at the head of the pack, and on a mountain stretch too!
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To lengthen by pulling
To lengthen when pulled
To pull tight
To get more use than expected from a limited resource
To make inaccurate by exaggeration
To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point
To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
To extend to a limit point
To increase
To stretch the truth; to exaggerate
To sail by the wind under press of canvas
To execute by hanging
An act of stretching. but not in all senses? --
The ability to lengthen when pulled
A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration
A segment of a journey or route
A segment or length of material
A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it
The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish
A stretch limousine

I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke
The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point
First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum
I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days
To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably
The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble
Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack
I always stretch my muscles before exercising
His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns
a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
The ship stretched to the eastward.
I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
Its a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
Its a tough stretch of road in the winter, especially without chains.
a stretch of cloth
There is a grand stretch in the evenings.
He did a seven-year stretch in jail.

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