estancar

Possibly from a Late Latin *stancāre, derived by metathesis from stagnō, or from a Vulgar Latin *stanticāre, from stāns (“standing”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.təŋˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.taŋˈkaɾ]

estancar (first-person singular present estanco, first-person singular preterite estanquí, past participle estancat)

1. (transitive) to hold up, block, halt
2. (transitive, economics) to grant a monopoly on
3. (reflexive) to stagnate
4. (reflexive) to grind to a halt, come to a standstill

• “estancar”, 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

Uncertain, compare Spanish, Catalan estancar and Old French estanchier.

• IPA^(key): [estaŋˈkaɾ]

estancar (first-person singular present estanco, first-person singular preterite estanquei, past participle estancado)

1. (transitive) to staunch (to stop the loss of blood)

   Synonym: estiñar

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 85:

     estas meezjnas para estanqar o sange non as deuen a amouer da chaga ataa o terçeiro dia

     these medicines used to staunch the blood must not be removed from the wound till the third day

2. (of water) to detain, staunch, or hold back the flow of water

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estancar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estanqar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estancar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “estancar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estancar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “estancar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estancar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Uncertain, compare Spanish estancar and Old French estanchier.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: es‧tan‧car

estancar (first-person singular present estanco, first-person singular preterite estanquei, past participle estancado)

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.

     The poor are like the rivers. They staunch earth's thirstiness, make roots swell and trees grow; they carry; they grind the bread at the mill. They're earth's life. All cathedrals have been built from their pain; without them life would cease.

3. (intransitive, pronominal) to stop

   Synonym: parar

From Latin stagnum, cognate with Old French estanchier and thereby English stanch. Alternatively from vulgar latin *extancāre, and this from Celtic *ektankō 'to fix, fasten'; cf. tancar.

• IPA^(key): /estanˈkaɾ/ [es.t̪ãŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧tan‧car

estancar (first-person singular present estanco, first-person singular preterite estanqué, past participle estancado)

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
4. (reflexive) to stagnate

• “estancar”, 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