narrow; tight; close, kin; close, intimate, strong; prudish, uptight, strict
“Los números son tan estrechos que dejan la gobernabilidad en el aire: el bloque actual tendría 172 escaños, y necesitaría al menos la abstención de Junts para hacer presidente a Pedro Sánchez, y el bloque de la derecha solo tiene 171 siempre que el PNV se mantenga con el PSOE.” — The numbers are so tight that they leave governance up in the air: the current bloc would have 172 seats, and would need at least the abstention of Junts to make Pedro Sánchez prime minister, and the right-wing bloc only has 171 as long as the EAJ-PNV remains with the PSOE.
Synonyms: angosto, apretado, cercano, íntima, pudibundo
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *strigtós Proto-Italic *strigtos Latin strictus Old Spanish estrecho Spanish estrecho Inherited from Old Spanish estrecho, from Latin strictus. Doublet of estricto, a learned borrowing from Latin.