estaño

See also: estañó

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin stannum, stagnum, of Celtic origin, probably from Proto-Celtic *stagnos.

Alternative forms

• estano
• estanho (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtaɲʊ/

Noun

estaño m (uncountable)

1. tin
   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 421:

     Iten, ordenaron que qual quer persona de fora parte ou da çibdade que trouxer estaño ou chonbo ou peltre ou cobre ou latón labrado ou por labrar [...] que page do que vender de cada XV mrs, duas brancas.

     Item, they ordered that any person, either from outside or from the city, who would bring tin or lead or pewter or cooper or brass, wrought or unwrought [...] shall pay for each 15 morabedis they sold, two brancas.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estaño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estaño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estaño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estaño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estaño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

estaño

1. first-person singular present indicative of estañar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtaɲo/ [esˈt̪a.ɲo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -aɲo
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧ño

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish estanno, from Latin stannum, stagnum, of Celtic origin; see also Irish stán.

Noun

estaño m (uncountable)

1. tin
2. solder (tin alloy used to solder)
3. (obsolete) lagoon, pond

   Synonyms: laguna, albufera

Derived terms

• papel de estaño

 

Etymology 2

Verb

estaño

1. first-person singular present indicative of estañar

Further reading

• “estaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014