estaca

See also: estacá and estacà

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

estaca f (plural estaques)

  1. stake (pointed piece of wood)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

estaca

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of estacar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of estacar

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese estaca, from an unattested Medieval Latin *stacca,[1] probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (staka), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

Cognate with Portuguese estaca, Spanish estaca, Catalan estaca, Occitan estaca, Old French estaque and English stake.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtaka̝/

Noun

estaca f (plural estacas)

  1. stake (pointed piece of wood)
    • 1315, Manuel Lucas Álvarez (ed.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 34:
      herdade do Amenal, conmo jaz entre estacas et regos
      property of the Alderwood, in the way that it is limited in between stakes and furrows
  2. (agriculture) beanpole

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. estaca.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese estaca, from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (staka), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

Cognate with Galician estaca, Spanish estaca, Catalan estaca, Occitan estaca, Old French estaque and English stake.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /iʃ.ˈta.kɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /es.ˈta.kɐ/
  • Hyphenation: es‧ta‧ca
  • Rhymes: -aka

Noun

estaca f (plural estacas)

  1. stake (pointed piece of wood)
  2. (agriculture) cutting (piece of a branch removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant)

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtaka/, [esˈt̪aka]

Etymology 1

Noun

estaca f (plural estacas)

  1. stake (pointed piece of wood)
  2. tent peg
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

estaca

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of estacar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of estacar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of estacar.

Further reading

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