estear

Probably from Latin extenuāre (“to diminish”), rather than from aestīvāre (“to pass the summer”). Compare Portuguese estiar, Asturian estenar.[1]

• estiar (“estiñar”)

• IPA^(key): /esteˈaɾ/

estear (first-person singular present esteo, first-person singular preterite esteei, past participle esteado)

1. to walk backwards; to recede

   Synonyms: cear, recuar

2. to dry up

   Synonym: secar

   1. (impersonal) to dry up, to clear

      Synonym: escampar

   2. (of cows) to stop producing milk

• esteada

• esteo

From esteo (“prop”)[2]

• IPA^(key): /esteˈaɾ/

estear (first-person singular present esteo, first-person singular preterite esteei, past participle esteado)

1. to prop, to stake

   Synonyms: escorar, rodrigar, soficar

• esteo

• “estear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “estear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “estear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.