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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French estay, from Proto-Germanic *stagą.
Pronunciation
Noun
estai m (plural estais)
- (nautical) stay
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Verb
estai
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of estar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aj
- Hyphenation: es‧tai
Etymology 1
From Old French estai (Modern French étai),[1] from Old English stæġ (“rope, stay”), from Proto-Germanic *stagą.
Noun
estai m (plural estais)
- (nautical) stay (a strong rope or wire supporting a mast)
- stay (a rope or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
estai
- second-person plural imperative of estar
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