estancar

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, compare Spanish estancar and Old French estanchier.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧tan‧car

Verb

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

• estancarse
• estancado
• estancamiento
• estanco

• estanque
• estanquidad
• estanqueidad