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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 ( *staka ) , from Proto-Germanic *stakô ( “ stake ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- .
Noun
estaca f (plural estaques )
stake ( pointed piece of wood )
cutting , slip ( rooted section of a plant )
Synonym: esqueix
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
estaca
inflection of estacar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Galician
Estacas ("stakes")
Etymology
Attested circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese , from an 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 .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /esˈtaka̝/
Hyphenation: es‧ta‧ca
Noun
estaca f (plural estacas )
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
( agriculture ) beanpole
( agriculture ) cutting
( architecture ) pile
Derived terms
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
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 )
stake ( pointed piece of wood )
( agriculture ) cutting ( piece of a branch removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
estaca
inflection of estacar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /esˈtaka/
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 )
stake ( pointed piece of wood )
tent peg
Synonym: piqueta
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
estaca
inflection of estacar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading