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)
2. cutting, slip (rooted section of a plant)

   Synonym: esqueix

Derived terms

• estacar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estaca

1. inflection of estacar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Galician

Estacas ("stakes")

Etymology

Attested circa 1300. From 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, editor, 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
3. (agriculture) cutting
4. (architecture) pile

Derived terms

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

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estaca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “estaca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estaca”, 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), “estaca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta.kɐ/, /esˈta.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta.kɐ/, /esˈta.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈta.kɐ/, /eʃˈta.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈta.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈta.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca

Etymology 1

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

Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Catalan, and 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. inflection of estacar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtaka/ [esˈt̪a.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: 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

   Synonym: piqueta

Derived terms

• estacar
• estacazo
• estacón
• pájaro estaca

 

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: estöcacuabi̱tl

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estaca

1. inflection of estacar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “estaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28