estancamiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish estancar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish estancamiento

From estancar + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estankaˈmjento/ [es.t̪ãŋ.kaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: es‧tan‧ca‧mien‧to

Noun

estancamiento m (plural estancamientos)

1. stagnation
2. deadlock
3. blockage

   Synonym: atasco

Derived terms

• estanflación

Further reading

• “estancamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025