estaca

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

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

estaca f (plural estaques)

1. stake (pointed piece of wood)
2. cutting, slip (rooted section of a plant)

   Synonym: esqueix

• estacar
• estaqueta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

estaca

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

• “estaca”, 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

Attested circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from unattested Medieval Latin *stacca,^[1] 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.

• IPA^(key): /esˈtaka̝/
• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧ca

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

• 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

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

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.

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)

• staccato

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

estaca

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

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

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

estaca f (plural estacas)

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

   Synonym: piqueta

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: estöcacuabi̱tl

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

estaca

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

• “estaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024