estaca

See also: estacá and estacà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈta.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈta.ka]
• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧ca

Etymology 1

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

Noun

estaca f (plural estaques)

1. stake (pointed piece of wood)

Derived terms

• estacar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estaca

Further reading

• “estaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Estacas ("stakes")

Etymology

Attested circa 1300. From Old Galician/Old Galician-Portuguese, from an unattested Medieval Latin *stacca, 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/
• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧ca

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 ditches

   • 1432, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 69:

     que nenghum seja ousado de amarrar nauio algund a a Ponte desta dita billa nen meter estaqas en ela

     nobody should dare to moor any ship to the bridge of this town, not to insert stakes in it

2. (agriculture) beanpole

Derived terms

• estacada
• Estacada
• estacar
• Estacas
• estacón
• estaqueado

 

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “estaca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Template:R:DDLG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estaca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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

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

• estacar
• estaquia

 

Related terms

• staccato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estaca

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtaka/ [esˈt̪a.ka]
• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧ca

Etymology 1

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

Noun

estaca f (plural estacas)

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

Derived terms

• estacar
• estacón

 

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: estöcacuabi̱tl

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

• Template:R:DRAE 2001