estatal

Catalan

Etymology

From estat +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əs.təˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [es.taˈtal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

estatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural estatals)

1. (relational) state, country

Derived terms

• interestatal
• paraestatal

Further reading

• “estatal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “estatal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “estatal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “estatal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Adjective

estatal m or f (plural estatais)

1. of, relating to or provided by the state (national government)

Related terms

• estado

Further reading

• “estatal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Adjective

estatal m (feminine singular estatala, masculine plural estatals, feminine plural estatalas)

1. of, or relating to, the state (country)

Related terms

• estat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.taˈtaw/ [is.taˈtaʊ̯], /es.taˈtaw/ [es.taˈtaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.taˈtaw/ [is.taˈtaʊ̯], /es.taˈtaw/ [es.taˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.taˈtaw/ [iʃ.taˈtaʊ̯], /eʃ.taˈtaw/ [eʃ.taˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈtal/ [(i)ʃ.tɐˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈtal/ [(i)ʃ.tɐˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈta.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧tal

Adjective

estatal m or f (plural estatais)

1. of, relating to, or provided by the state (national government)
2. (Portugal) of or relating to a state

   Synonym: (Brazil) estadual

Noun

estatal f (plural estatais)

1. a government-owned company

Related terms

• estado

Further reading

• “estatal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “estatal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estaˈtal/ [es.t̪aˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧tal

Adjective

estatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural estatales)

1. (relational) state (country)

Derived terms

• estatalmente
• interestatal

Related terms

• estado

Further reading

• “estatal”, 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