estancar

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Catalan

Etymology

Possibly from a Late Latin *stancō, derived by metathesis from stagnō, or from a Vulgar Latin *stanticō, from stāns (standing).

Pronunciation

Verb

estancar (first-person singular present estanco, first-person singular preterite estanquí, past participle estancat)

  1. (transitive) to hold up, block, halt
  2. (reflexive) to stagnate
  3. (reflexive) to grind to a halt, come to a standstill

Conjugation

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Galician

Etymology

Uncertain, compare Spanish, Catalan estancar and Old French estanchier.

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. (transitive) to staunch (to stop the loss of blood)
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 85:
      estas meezjnas para estanqar o sange non as deuen a amouer da chaga ataa o terçeiro dia
      these medicines used to staunch the blood must not be removed from the wound till the third day
    Synonym: estiñar
  2. (of water) to detain, staunch, or hold back the flow of water

Conjugation

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Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, compare Spanish estancar and Old French estanchier.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: es‧tan‧car

Verb

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  1. (transitive) to staunch (to stop the loss of blood)
    Synonym: vedar
  2. (transitive, figurative) to staunch (to stop, check, or deter an action)
    • 1906, Raul Brandão, Os Pobres[1]:
      Os pobres são como os rios. Estancam a sêde da terra, fazem inchar as raizes e crescer as arvores; acarretam; móem o pão nos moinhos. Eil-a a vida da terra. Todas as cathedraes se construíram da sua dôr; sem elles a vida pararia.
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  3. (intransitive, pronominal) to stop
    Synonym: parar

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stagnum, cognate with Old French estanchier and thereby English stanch.

Verb

estancar (first-person singular present estanco, first-person singular preterite estanqué, past participle estancado)

  1. (of water) to detain, staunch, or hold back the flow of water
  2. to stall, suspend, or stop a project or business plan
  3. to prohibit the free movement of merchandise
  4. (reflexive) to stagnate

Conjugation

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